Microwave detection of early tumors

Microwave detection of early tumors

Cancer is the leading cause of deaths worldwide. Early detection of malignant tumors reduces mortality rates because cancer can be cured if treated early. Even the widely accepted standards for tumor detection, such as breast mammography, limitations exist, however, such as having high false positiv...

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Main Author: Zhang, Huiyu
Other Authors: Tan Soon Yim
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Language:English
Published: 2010
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DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Control and instrumentation::Medical electronics
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/42361
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Cancer is the leading cause of deaths worldwide. Early detection of malignant tumors reduces mortality rates because cancer can be cured if treated early. Even the widely accepted standards for tumor detection, such as breast mammography, limitations exist, however, such as having high false positive and negative rates, ionizing radiation and painful breast compression. Microwave cancer detection methods that identify the presence of a tumor by detecting the dielectric difference of normal tissues and malignant tumors is thus explored as a new modality.

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