A Novel Approach for Early-Stage Breast Cancer Detection

作者

  • Mohamed Behih EAT Laboratory, Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications, University of Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria
  • Christophe Dumond PRISME Institut, IUT of Chartres, University of Orleans, Orleans, France
  • Farid Bouttout EAT Laboratory, Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications, University of Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria
  • Tarek Fortaki AE Laboratory, Departement of Electronics, University of Batna 2, Mostefa Ben Boulaïd, Batna 05000, Algeria

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https://doi.org/10.13052/2026.ACES.J.410106

关键词:

3D antenna, breast cancer detection, dual-band antenna, ISM bands, tumor

摘要

This paper presents a novel approach for early-stage breast cancer detection using only a single radiofrequency 3D antenna sensor operating in several frequency bands below Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) frequencies. To this end, an innovative Inverted-F Antenna with Short Circuit-Like (IFA-SCL) is proposed, and the breast to be examined is fully placed inside this antenna between the radiating element and the ground plane. The designed and simulated antenna operates in the two frequency bands (902.8–928.0 MHz and 2.400–2.4835 GHz) of the Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) bands. After examination of the two patient breasts and by comparison of the antenna’s performances considering the return loss (S11<−10 dB), tumor presence is detected when the resonance frequencies that cover the operating frequency bands corresponding to an unhealthy breast, are shifted to higher frequencies and the corresponding magnitudes are changed. A spherical shape model of the female breast tissues is created for designing and simulating antenna and tumor detection performances. Also, to test the practicality of the proposed method and detail the tumor detection performances with breast variability, three tests are performed using side-set and teardrop shape breasts. The present approach demonstrates great potential to become a new way for early-stage breast cancer detection, both quickly and with high efficiency. The proposed method, and thus the designed multi-band 3D antenna sensor, exhibits the capability to detect a tumor of spherical shape, of radius only 1 mm and embedded deeply in the breast. Furthermore, it is able to sense tumor presence even with breasts of various sizes and shapes. The patient’s safety is ensured by adhering to Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) limits.

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Mohamed Behih was born in Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria, in 1981. He received the Engineer degree in electronic engineering and Magister degree in communication from Setif University, in 2004 and 2007, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in communication engineering from the University of Batna 2, in 2024. Presently, he is a doctor at the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications, University of Bordj Bou Arreridj. His fields of research include telecommunications systems and networks, biomedical engineering, interaction between electromagnetic wave and human body, and medical devices and antennas.

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Christophe Dumond was born in Tulle, France, on 22 October 1966. He received the Ph.D. in Optic Communications and Microwaves from University of Limoges in 1994. His works concern the electromagnetic answer of wire structures to fast transient perturbations. In 2007, he joined the Institut Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche en Ingénierie des Systèmes Mécaniques et Energétique (PRISME) of University of Orléans. His fields of research include fractal antennas, high Tc superconducting microstrip patch, phased arrays and implantable antennas for bio-telemetry. He is also a teacher and head of the electrical engineering department at the Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT) of Chartres.

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Farid Bouttout received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electronic engineering from the University of Constantine, Constantine, Algeria, in 1994 and 1997, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from the University of Setif in 2001. He was granted a three-year postdoc study on design of planar antennas for medical applications at the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA) and at the University of Paris VI, France. He is currently a professor with the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications, University of Bordj Bou Arreridj. His current research interests include planar and cylindrical microstrip antennas and transmission lines, computational electromagnetics, high performance computing, neural networks, and fuzzy logic.

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Tarek Fortaki was born in Constantine, Algeria, in 1972. He received the State Engineer, M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in electronics and communications engineering from the University of Constantine, Constantine, Algeria, in 1995, 1999, and 2004, respectively. He joined the Department of Electronics at University of Batna in 2000; he was promoted to full professor in 2010. He has supervised 21 Ph.D. theses (including 19 defended). He has authored or co-authored more than 150 research publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. He has served as a TPC/IPC member for different international conferences, alongside a reviewer for several prestigious scientific journals. He has been invited to deliver numerous keynote or plenary talks in international conferences. He is widely recognized for his contributions to the numerical modelling of patch antennas embedded in multilayered anisotropic media. His current research interests include microwave electronics, numerical and analytical techniques for electromagnetic modelling, antennas, HF propagation, complex media, artificial materials, computational intelligence, and intelligent design of microwave devices.

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2026-01-30

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M. . Behih, C. . Dumond, F. . Bouttout, 和 T. . Fortaki, 《A Novel Approach for Early-Stage Breast Cancer Detection》, ACES Journal, 卷 41, 期 01, 页 48–63, 1月 2026.

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2026: Vol 41 Iss 1

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