Less Becomes More for Microwave Imaging: Design and Validation of an Ultrawide-Band Measurement Array

Dallan Byrne, Ian Craddock, David Gibbins, Beatriz Monsalve, Tommy Henriksson

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Abstract

A compact, enclosed, ultrawide-band (UWB) antenna array is presented to acquire data for a quantitative microwave imaging method. Compared to existing systems, the proposed array allows a UWB antenna to be placed close to a target object while, at the same time, minimizing the volume of the imaging array. The antennas and metallic enclosure are designed to easily integrate with an iterative threedimensional (3-D) nonlinear inverse scattering technique. The volume of the internal imaging domain has been minimized for this particular architecture to reduce the computational time spent on reconstructing the dielectrics within the domain. Each cavity-backed element radiates toward the target and presents stable transmission characteristics across the 1-4-GHz band.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)72-85
Number of pages14
JournalIEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine
Volume59
Issue number5
Early online date25 Aug 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2017

Structured keywords

  • Digital Health
  • SPHERE

Keywords

  • Antenna arrays
  • Antenna measurements
  • Microwave imaging
  • Ultra wideband antennas
  • Dielectrics

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