Portable Microwave-Acoustic Coaxial Thermoacoustic Probe With Miniaturized Vivaldi Antennas for Breast Tumor Screening. 2023

Mingyang Ren, and Zhongwen Cheng, and Linghua Wu, and Huimin Zhang, and Shanxiang Zhang, and Xiaoyu Chen, and Da Xing, and Huan Qin

Microwave-induced thermoacoustic (TA) imaging (MTAI), which exploits dielectric contrasts to provide images with high contrast and spatial resolution, holds the potential to serve as an additional means of clinical diagnosis and treatment. However, conventional MTAI usually uses large and heavy metal antennas to radiate pulsed microwaves, making it challenging to image different target areas flexibly. In this work, we presented the design and evaluation of a portable microwave-acoustic coaxial TA probe (51 mm × 63 mm × 138 mm) that can flexibly image the region of interest. The TA probe contains two miniaturized symmetrically distributed Vivaldi antennas (7.5 g) and a 128-element linear ultrasonic transducer. By adjusting the geometry of the antennas and the ultrasonic transducer, the TA probe's acoustic field and microwave field can be designed to be coaxial, which helps achieve homogeneous microwave illumination and high-sensitivity ultrasonic detection. The practical feasibility of the proposed probe was tested on an in vitro ewe breast and a healthy volunteer. The results demonstrate that the MTAI system with the proposed TA probe can visualize the anatomical structure of the breast tumor in ewe breast and a healthy volunteer breast with resolutions in hundreds of microns (transverse: 910 μm, axial: 780 μm) and an excellent signal-to-noise ratio can be obtained in deep adipose tissue (10 dB in 6 cm fat). The miniaturized portable TA probe takes a solid step forward in translating MTAI technology to clinical breast tumor diagnosis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008872 Microwaves That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum from the UHF (ultrahigh frequency) radio waves and extending into the INFRARED RAYS frequencies. EHF Waves,Extremely High Frequency Radio Waves,Micro Wave,Micro Waves,Ultrahigh Frequency Waves,Microwave Radiation,EHF Wave,Micro Waves,Microwave,Microwave Radiations,Radiation, Microwave,Ultrahigh Frequency Wave,Wave, EHF,Wave, Micro,Wave, Ultrahigh Frequency,Waves, Micro
D001943 Breast Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the human BREAST. Breast Cancer,Breast Tumors,Cancer of Breast,Breast Carcinoma,Cancer of the Breast,Human Mammary Carcinoma,Malignant Neoplasm of Breast,Malignant Tumor of Breast,Mammary Cancer,Mammary Carcinoma, Human,Mammary Neoplasm, Human,Mammary Neoplasms, Human,Neoplasms, Breast,Tumors, Breast,Breast Carcinomas,Breast Malignant Neoplasm,Breast Malignant Neoplasms,Breast Malignant Tumor,Breast Malignant Tumors,Breast Neoplasm,Breast Tumor,Cancer, Breast,Cancer, Mammary,Cancers, Mammary,Carcinoma, Breast,Carcinoma, Human Mammary,Carcinomas, Breast,Carcinomas, Human Mammary,Human Mammary Carcinomas,Human Mammary Neoplasm,Human Mammary Neoplasms,Mammary Cancers,Mammary Carcinomas, Human,Neoplasm, Breast,Neoplasm, Human Mammary,Neoplasms, Human Mammary,Tumor, Breast
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012756 Sheep Any of the ruminant mammals with curved horns in the genus Ovis, family Bovidae. They possess lachrymal grooves and interdigital glands, which are absent in GOATS. Ovis,Sheep, Dall,Dall Sheep,Ovis dalli
D014465 Ultrasonics A subfield of acoustics dealing in the radio frequency range higher than acoustic SOUND waves (approximately above 20 kilohertz). Ultrasonic radiation is used therapeutically (DIATHERMY and ULTRASONIC THERAPY) to generate HEAT and to selectively destroy tissues. It is also used in diagnostics, for example, ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; and ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, to visually display echoes received from irradiated tissues. Ultrasonic
D019047 Phantoms, Imaging Devices or objects in various imaging techniques used to visualize or enhance visualization by simulating conditions encountered in the procedure. Phantoms are used very often in procedures employing or measuring x-irradiation or radioactive material to evaluate performance. Phantoms often have properties similar to human tissue. Water demonstrates absorbing properties similar to normal tissue, hence water-filled phantoms are used to map radiation levels. Phantoms are used also as teaching aids to simulate real conditions with x-ray or ultrasonic machines. (From Iturralde, Dictionary and Handbook of Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Imaging, 1990) Phantoms, Radiographic,Phantoms, Radiologic,Radiographic Phantoms,Radiologic Phantoms,Phantom, Radiographic,Phantom, Radiologic,Radiographic Phantom,Radiologic Phantom,Imaging Phantom,Imaging Phantoms,Phantom, Imaging

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