Experimental Assessment of Axillary Lymph Node Microwave Tomography Using Anthropomorphic Phantoms

We assess the application of microwave tomography (MWT) for detection axillary lymph nodes (ALNs) in breast cancer patients. numerically study effects limiting angular view MWT, as probes can only be placed on a limited arc around region. also possibility increasing amount retrievable information by acquiring data two consecutive steps, with single antenna set different positions. finally experimentally test MWT anthropomorphic phantoms levels anatomical fidelity, and ALN Our system (0.8–2.5 GHz) employs six monopole antennas transverse plane, facing The reconstruction algorithm implements distorted Born iterative method, combined two-step shrinkage/thresholding inversion (DBIM-TwIST). numerical results i) highlight challenges associated view, ii) show that performing measurements enhances imaging results, suggesting rotating between is an effective means to increase MWT. experimental our detect To best knowledge this first paper realistic 3-D scenario.