First,this article reviews the background of microwave imaging for early breast cancer detection,with a focus on active methods.Then active approaches,namely microwave tomography and radar-based microwave imaging,to m...First,this article reviews the background of microwave imaging for early breast cancer detection,with a focus on active methods.Then active approaches,namely microwave tomography and radar-based microwave imaging,to microwave breast cancer detection are overviewed briefly,where there are recent developments in imaging algorithms as well as antennas,models,phantom and experimental systems.Lastly,we give concluding remarks and future research.In a word,the main objective of this article is to provide an overview of the principles,development,and current research status of these approaches.展开更多
文摘First,this article reviews the background of microwave imaging for early breast cancer detection,with a focus on active methods.Then active approaches,namely microwave tomography and radar-based microwave imaging,to microwave breast cancer detection are overviewed briefly,where there are recent developments in imaging algorithms as well as antennas,models,phantom and experimental systems.Lastly,we give concluding remarks and future research.In a word,the main objective of this article is to provide an overview of the principles,development,and current research status of these approaches.
