Localization of Breast Tumor Using Four Elements UWB Wearable Antenna

Authors

  • Mazhar B. Tayel Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Alexandria, University-Alexandria, Egypt
  • Tamer G. Abouelnaga Microstrip Circuits Department, Electronics Research Institute ERI, Cairo, Egypt
  • Nehad M. Badran Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology-Kafr Elsheikh, Egypt

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2022.ACES.J.371002

Keywords:

cavity, heterogeneous phantom, Specific Absorption Rate (SAR), wearable UWB antenna

Abstract

In this paper, four wearable UWB antennas are designed to detect and locate tumor cells placed within a heterogeneous phantom at different positions. The proposed antenna is operated within the 4.90 GHz to 15.97 GHz bandwidth range. It is fabricated, measured, and nearly matched between measured and simulated results. A cavity is formulated to back each antenna within the proposed detection system for increasing penetration and gain of propagated electromagnetic waves of the antenna design. The S-parameter of the proposed system was used to detect and locate a small tumor. The SAR results show that the absorbed power by the breast phantom tissues satisfies the IEEE standards which confirms the appropriateness of the proposed antennas for breast cancer early detection and localization system.

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Author Biographies

Mazhar B. Tayel, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Alexandria, University-Alexandria, Egypt

Mazhar Basyouni Tayel was born in Alexandria, Egypt on Nov. 20th, 1939. He graduated from Alexandria University Faculty of Engineering Electrical and Electronics department in 1963. He has published many papers and books in electronics, biomedical, and measurements. Mazhar Basyouni Tayel received a B.Sc. with an honor degree in 1963, and then his Ph.D. in Electro-physics in 1970. He had this Prof. Degree of the elect. And communication and Biomedical Engineering and systems in 1980. Now he is Emeritus Professor since 1999. From 1987 to 1991 he worked as the chairman of the communication engineering section of EED BAU-Lebanon, and from 1991 to 1995 he worked as Chairman of the Communication Engineering Section, of EED Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. Also from 1995 to 1996, he worked as a chairman of the EED Faculty of Engineering, BAU-Lebanon. Additionally, from 1996 to 1997, he worked as the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, BAU-Lebanon. From 1999 to 2009, he worked as a senior professor in the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. He has been an Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt since 2009. He has also worked as a general consultant in many companies and factories and is a member of the supreme consul of Egypt.

Tamer G. Abouelnaga, Microstrip Circuits Department, Electronics Research Institute ERI, Cairo, Egypt

Tamer Gaber Abouelnaga was born in November 1976. He received his B.Sc. degree (1994–1999, honors degree) in Electronics Engineering from Menofiya University, Egypt, an M.Sc. degree (2002–2007), and a Ph.D. degree (2007–2012) in Electronics and Communications from Ain Shams University. He works as a Researcher (2012–2017) and an Associate Professor (2018-current) in Microstrip Circuits Department at the Electronics Research Institute in Egypt. He works as Students Affairs Vice Dean (2018–2019) and Community Service, Environmental Development Vice Dean (2019-2022) at the Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology in Kafr Elsheikh, and Students Affairs Vice Dean (2022-2023) at the College of Industry and Energy Technology, New Cairo Technological University (NCTU), Egypt. He has published 42 papers, 29 papers in peer-refereed journals and 13. papers in international conferences regarding antennas, couplers, filters, and dividers for different microwave applications.

Nehad M. Badran, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology-Kafr Elsheikh, Egypt

Nehad Mohamed Badran is a Master’s Student at the Faculty of Engineering at Alexandria University, Egypt. She was born in El-Beheira, Egypt in December 1990. She received a B.Sc. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from HIET, Kafr El-Shiekh, Egypt in May 2012. She has been a demonstrator at the Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology (HIET) in Kafr El-Shiekh, Egypt since 2013. Her current research focus is Biomedical Engineering, especially microwave breast cancer detection and treatment.

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Published

2022-10-31

How to Cite

[1]
M. B. . Tayel, T. G. . Abouelnaga, and N. M. . Badran, “Localization of Breast Tumor Using Four Elements UWB Wearable Antenna”, ACES Journal, vol. 37, no. 10, pp. 1021–1030, Oct. 2022.

Issue

2022: Vol 37 Iss 10

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General Submission