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| Title: | Microwave reflectometry as a novel diagnostic tool for detection of skin cancers | |
| Author (s): | Mehta, P. Chand, K. Narayanswamy, D. Beetner, Daryl G. Zoughi, Reza Stoecker, W.V. | |
| Department/Lab Affiliations: | Applied Microwave Nondestructive Testing Laboratory Electrical and Computer Engineering Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory | |
| Keywords: | basal cell carcinoma cancer cancer detection cancerous benign lesions coaxial probe dermoscopy diagnostic tool layered dielectric structure malignant lesions melanoma microwave measurement microwave reflectometry noninvasive measurement open-ended coaxial probes skin skin cancer skin reflection properties visual inspection water content | |
| Issue Date: | 2006 | |
| Publisher: | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |
| Citation: | Mehta, P.; Chand, K.; Narayanswamy, D.; Beetner, D.G.; Zoughi, R.; Stoecker, W.V., "Microwave reflectometry as a novel diagnostic tool for detection of skin cancers" IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol.55, no.4 pp. 1309- 1316, Aug. 2006 | |
| Abstract: | More than 1 000 000 people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year in the United States, and more than 10 000 people die from the disease. Methods such as visual inspection and dermoscopy are available for early detection of skin cancers, but improvement in accuracy is needed. This paper investigates the use of microwave reflectometry as a potential diagnostic tool for detection of skin cancers. Open-ended coaxial probes were used to measure microwave properties of skin. The influences of measurement parameters such as probe application pressure, power level, and variation in reflection properties of skin with location and hydration were investigated. Using an available electromagnetic formulation, providing for the reflection properties of a layered dielectric structure irradiated by a coaxial probe, measurement and simulation results were compared. The results of the measurements and simulations for normal and moistened skin show that the water content of normal skin and benign and malignant lesions may cause significant differences among their reflection properties and subsequently render a malignant lesion detectable. The results of microwave measurements performed on human subjects are also presented, which show the potential of this technique to distinguish between cancerous and benign lesions. | |
| Type: | Article - Journal text | |
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| title | Microwave reflectometry as a novel diagnostic tool for detection of skin cancers | |
| contributor.author | Mehta, P. | |
| contributor.author | Chand, K. | |
| contributor.author | Narayanswamy, D. | |
| contributor.author | Beetner, Daryl G. | |
| contributor.author | Zoughi, Reza | |
| contributor.author | Stoecker, W.V. | |
| contributor.deptlab | Applied Microwave Nondestructive Testing Laboratory | |
| contributor.deptlab | Electrical and Computer Engineering | |
| contributor.deptlab | Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory | |
| subject | basal cell carcinoma | |
| subject | cancer | |
| subject | cancer detection | |
| subject | cancerous benign lesions | |
| subject | coaxial probe | |
| subject | dermoscopy | |
| subject | diagnostic tool | |
| subject | layered dielectric structure | |
| subject | malignant lesions | |
| subject | melanoma | |
| subject | microwave measurement | |
| subject | microwave reflectometry | |
| subject | noninvasive measurement | |
| subject | open-ended coaxial probes | |
| subject | skin | |
| subject | skin cancer | |
| subject | skin reflection properties | |
| subject | visual inspection | |
| subject | water content | |
| date.issued | 2006 | |
| date.submitted | 2007 | |
| publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |
| identifier.citation | Mehta, P.; Chand, K.; Narayanswamy, D.; Beetner, D.G.; Zoughi, R.; Stoecker, W.V., "Microwave reflectometry as a novel diagnostic tool for detection of skin cancers" IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol.55, no.4 pp. 1309- 1316, Aug. 2006 | |
| identifier.issn | 0018-9456 | |
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| description.abstract | More than 1 000 000 people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year in the United States, and more than 10 000 people die from the disease. Methods such as visual inspection and dermoscopy are available for early detection of skin cancers, but improvement in accuracy is needed. This paper investigates the use of microwave reflectometry as a potential diagnostic tool for detection of skin cancers. Open-ended coaxial probes were used to measure microwave properties of skin. The influences of measurement parameters such as probe application pressure, power level, and variation in reflection properties of skin with location and hydration were investigated. Using an available electromagnetic formulation, providing for the reflection properties of a layered dielectric structure irradiated by a coaxial probe, measurement and simulation results were compared. The results of the measurements and simulations for normal and moistened skin show that the water content of normal skin and benign and malignant lesions may cause significant differences among their reflection properties and subsequently render a malignant lesion detectable. The results of microwave measurements performed on human subjects are also presented, which show the potential of this technique to distinguish between cancerous and benign lesions. | |
| type | Article - Journal | |
| type.DCMIType | text | |
| type.status | Final version | |
| rights | This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. In most cases, these works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. | |
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| date.accessioned | 2007-04-05T14:27:20Z | |
| date.available | 2007-04-05T14:27:20Z | |
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