Role of Microwave Imaging for Early Detection of Breast Cancer

Active microwave imaging methods are explored and reviewed as imaging modalities to detect early signs of cancerous tumors in the breasts. The physical basis for microwave imaging lies in the significant contrast in the dielectric properties between the normal breast tissue and the malignant tissue at microwave frequencies [1]-[5]. These imaging methods are described to suggest improvements on early signs of breast cancer detection on subjects by using various microwave methods to examine the dielectric responses and properties of breast tissues and to construct images from the information gathered. The methods researched allow for earlier detection of cancerous tumors than the current methods that detect cancers symptomatically. Results of the research will aid the hypothesis that microwave breast cancer detection can become a flourishing clinical complement to the conventional methods of mammography.