ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Feasibility of Portable Microwave Imaging Device for Breast Cancer Detection.
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- Microwave breast imaging: A review of clinical potential and technological advances.World journal of methodology · 2026Review
- Operational Advantages of Novel Strategies Supported by Portability and Artificial Intelligence for Breast Cancer Screening in Low-Resource Rural Areas: Opportunities to Address Health Inequities and Vulnerability.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- XGBoost Enhances the Performance of SAFE: A Novel Microwave Imaging System for Early Detection of Malignant Breast Cancer.Cancers · 2025Article
- Evolution of localization methods for non-palpable breast lesions: a literature review from a translational medicine perspective.Translational breast cancer research : a journal focusing on translational research in breast cancer · 2024Review
- Review and Analysis of Tumour Detection and Image Quality Analysis in Experimental Breast Microwave Sensing.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Chimp Optimization Algorithm Influenced Type-2 Intuitionistic Fuzzy C-Means Clustering-Based Breast Cancer Detection System.Cancers · 2023Article
- Holographic Microwave Image Classification Using a Convolutional Neural Network.Micromachines · 2022Article
- Microwave Imaging for Early Breast Cancer Detection: Current State, Challenges, and Future Directions.Journal of imaging · 2022Review
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Abstract
purposeMicrowave radar-based breast imaging technology utilizes the principle of radar, in which radio waves reflect at the interface between target and normal tissues, which have different permittivities. This study aims to investigate the feasibility and safety of a portable microwave breast imaging device in clinical practice. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe retrospectively collected the imaging data of ten breast cancers in nine women (median age: 66.0 years; range: 37-78 years) who had undergone microwave imaging examination before surgery. All were Japanese and the tumor sizes were from 4 to 10 cm. Using a five-point scale (1 = very poor; 2 = poor; 3 = fair; 4 = good; and 5 = excellent), a radiologist specialized in breast imaging evaluated the ability of microwave imaging to detect breast cancer and delineate its location and size in comparison with conventional mammography and the pathological findings.
resultsMicrowave imaging detected 10/10 pathologically proven breast cancers, including non-invasive ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and micro-invasive carcinoma, whereas mammography failed to detect 2/10 breast cancers due to dense breast tissue. In the five-point evaluation, median score of location and size were 4.5 and 4.0, respectively.
conclusionThe results of the evaluation suggest that the microwave imaging device is a safe examination that can be used repeatedly and has the potential to be useful in detecting breast cancer.
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