Affiliations: [a] Department of Software Engineering, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh | [b] Space Science Centre (ANGKASA), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM Bangi, Malaysia | [c] Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM Bangi, Malaysia
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Corresponding author: M.M. Islam, Department of Software Engineering, Daffodil International University, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh. E-mail:mmoiislam@yahoo.com
Abstract: Breast cancer is the most well-known malignancy of
non-skin and the second leading reason of cancer death among the women in
the world after the lung cancer. In this review, the development of the
microwave imaging system is described for breast cancer detection depending
on the ultra-wideband imaging system, which is a promising emerging
technology that uses the dielectric contrast between malignant, benignant
and normal fibro glandular breast tissues at the microwave frequencies. Some
breast cancer detection techniques such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI),
Mammography, Ultra-Wide Band (UWB), Ultrasound and their performances have
also been reviewed. There are some restrictions of the existing UWB imaging
systems such as they have no ability to detect the breast tumor at the
beginning period, having no 3D pictorial representation of tumor size in all
systems and a multiple array antenna in respect of complex system. This
encourages the improvement of the extended signal processing techniques for
ultra-wideband imaging systems and initiates a more appealing imaging
scenario. The limitations and running challenges of the microwave imaging
system have been discussed completely with some feasible suggestions.
Confidently, this thorough survey has been done here to overcome this
limitations of the existing and proposed systems.
Keywords: Breast cancer, , UWB, , electromagnetic techniques
