Medical microwave imaging using novel near-field focusing plates

新的医学成像设备被提出，导致早期发现小尺寸的乳腺肿瘤。建议的设备基于微波技术，因此是非电离的，成本低，更容易被接受检查的妇女接受，从而消除了对乳房按压的需要(如在X光乳房X光照相中)。这些设备将在拉夫堡大学和莱斯特大学医院合作进行研究和开发。在经过严格的计算机模拟后，将在实验室对具有代表性的乳房幻影进行初步测试。

Novel medical imaging devices are proposed leading to early detection of small size breast tumours. The proposed devices are based on microwave technology and are therefore non-ionising, low-cost and more acceptable to the women being examined, eliminating the need for breast compression (as in X-ray mammography). The devices will be researched and developed in Loughborough University and in collaboration with the University Hospitals Leicester. Initial tests will be carried out on representative breast phantoms in the lab following rigorous computer simulations.