Near Field Breast Tumor Detection Using Ultra-Narrow Band Probe with Machine Learning Techniques

In this work, we propose a near-field microwave sensing modality that uses a single probe combined with a classification algorithm to help in detecting the presence of tumors in the human female breast. The concept employs a near-field resonant probe with an ultra-narrow frequency response. The reso...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2018-08, Vol.8 (1), p.12607-16, Article 12607
Main Authors: Aldhaeebi, Maged A, Almoneef, Thamer S, Ali, Abdulbaset, Ren, Zhao, Ramahi, Omar M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Breast cancer
Breasts
Frequency dependence
Learning algorithms
Meat
Mimicry
Tumors
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Summary:In this work, we propose a near-field microwave sensing modality that uses a single probe combined with a classification algorithm to help in detecting the presence of tumors in the human female breast. The concept employs a near-field resonant probe with an ultra-narrow frequency response. The resonant probe is highly sensitive to the changes in the electromagnetic properties of the breast tissues such that the presence of the tumor is gauged by determining the changes in the magnitude and phase response of the sensor's reflection coefficient. A key feature of our proposed detection concept is the simultaneous sensing of tissue property changes to the two female breasts since the right and left healthy breasts are morphologically and materially identical. Once the probe response is recorded for both breasts, the Principle Component Analysis (PCA) method is employed to emphasize the difference in the probe responses. For validation of the concept, tumors embedded in a realistic breast phantoms were simulated. To provide additional confidence in the detection modality introduced here, experimental results of three different sizes of metallic spheres, mimicking tumors, inserted inside chicken and beef meat were detected using an electrically-small probe operating at 200 MHz. The results obtained from the numerical tests and experiments strongly suggest that the detection modality presented here might lead to an inexpensive and portable early and regular screening for breast tumor.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-31046-9