Performance comparison of early breast cancer detection precision using ai and ultra-wideband (UWB) bio-antennas

• Main Authors: Bari, Bifta Sama, Sabira, Khatun, Kamarul Hawari, Ghazali, Mamunur, Rashid, Islam, Minarul Rafiqul, Nurhafizah, Abu Talip, Rahman, Mostafijur, Rashid, Mamunur
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: Springer 2020
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/28837/1/24.%20Performance%20Comparision%20of%20Early%20Breast%20Cancer%20Detection.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/28837/2/24.1%20Performance%20Comparision%20of%20Early%20Breast%20Cancer%20Detection.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/28837/; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52856-0_28
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women and a major cause of death globally. A high percentage of the cancer death can be reduced if it is detected earlier (Stage 1 or 2). Early and non-invasive (health-friendly) diagnosis is the most essential key to detect breast cancer that ensures a fast and effective treatment for reducing women mortality. Ultra-wide band (UWB) technology is considered as an effective technique for breast cancer detection due to its health friendly (non-ionizing) nature to human tissue. The UWB technology uses the scattering or reflected wave/signal from breast tissue for diagnosis. A high-performance bio-antenna plays an important role in transmitting and receiving the UWB signal for this case. In this paper, breast cancer detection performance comparison of two types of UWB bio-antennas (pyramidal shaped UWB patch and the proposed modified T shaped UWB patch) has been investigated depending on accuracy. A system has been developed using a pair of UWB transceivers with bio-antennas and artificial neural network (ANN). The signals are transmitted and received through breast phantom for different arbitrary tumor size and location for considered antennas. The obtained tumor/cancer location and size detection accuracy are approximately 90.27% and 89.91 % for pyramidal shaped antenna, whereas, those for the proposed (modified T shaped) antenna are nearly 91.03% and 91.09%respectively. The proposed (modified T shaped) antenna is comparatively better to detect early breast cancer than pyramidal shaped antenna, by showing its suitability for practical use in near future.