Breast cancer detection system
AssigneeUniversity of Florida
InventorJian Li
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Abstract
A method for detecting breast cancer can include the step of positioning a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna about a breast so that the transmitting antenna is positioned to transmit microwave energy into the breast and the receiving antenna is positioned to receive the transmitted energy after the energy has passed into the breast. Microwave energy can be transmitted from the transmitting antenna. The microwave energy can be received by the receiving antenna and used to determine a presence of tumors within the breast. A relative position of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna can be adjusted about the breast. After each position adjustment, the transmitting and the receiving steps can be repeated.
Claims17
A method for detecting breast cancer comprising the steps of:
- positioning a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna about a breast so that said transmitting antenna is positioned to transmit microwave energy into said breast and said receiving antenna is positioned to receive said transmitted energy after said energy has passed into said breast;
- transmitting microwave energy from said transmitting antenna;
- receiving microwave energy via said receiving antenna;
- adjusting a relative position of said transmitting antenna and said receiving antenna about said breast;
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- repeating said transmitting and said receiving steps after adjusting said relative position, wherein the received microwave energy is used to determine a presence of tumors within said breast.
A system for detecting breast cancer comprising:
- a microwave transmitting antenna configured to be positioned about a breast;
- a receiving antenna configured to be positioned about said breast;
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- a signal processor configured to determine a presence of a tumor within said breast based upon computations involving microwave energy transmitted by said transmitting antenna, microwave energy received by said receiving antenna, and the relative positions of said transmitting antenna and said receiving antenna, wherein a relative position of said transmitting antenna and said receiving antenna is user adjustable.
A system for detecting breast cancer comprising the steps of:
- a transmitting antenna;
- a receiving antenna;
- a means for positioning said transmitting antenna and said receiving antenna about a breast so that said transmitting antenna is positioned to transmit microwave energy into said breast and said receiving antenna is positioned to receive said transmitted energy after said energy has passed into said breast;
- a means for adjusting a relative position of said transmitting antenna and said receiving antenna about said breast;
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- a means for determining a presence of tumors within said breast that utilizes repeated microwave transmissions, said transmissions occurring with said transmitting antenna and said receiving antenna located in different positions relative to each other about said breast.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.