Microwave Thermography: Principles, Methods and Clinical Applications*
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Microwave Power
- Vol. 14 (2) , 105-115
- https://doi.org/10.1080/16070658.1979.11689136
Abstract
We review the physical principles, method of operation, measurement limitations, and potential medical applications of microwave thermography. We present detailed results of a study of breast cancer detection at 1.3 and 3.3 GHz, including the dependence of detection rates on microwave frequency, time, tumor depth, and tumor size. At 1.3 GHz, microwave thermography detects breast cancer as well as infrared thermography (true-positive rate = 0.76 when true-negative rate = 0.63). When the two methods are combined, the true-positive rate increases by about 0.1 over that of either method alone.Keywords
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