The family tree of breast microwave imaging techniques

Abstract

Microwave imaging for medical applications has been of interest for many years, recently it proposed for detecting small malignant breast tumors. Microwave images are maps of the electrical property distributions in the body, and since there is a significant contrast in the dielectric properties between cancerous tissues and healthy tissues, it is possible to use it as a diagnosis tool. Many techniques have been used namely Hybrid, Active and Passive. This article discusses the techniques used for microwave breast imaging. © 2008 Springer-Verlag.