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Anatomy and Dielectric Properties of the Breast and Breast Cancer

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An Introduction to Microwave Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection

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In this chapter, the anatomy of the breast is presented first. The anatomy of the breast is described primarily from the perspective of microwave imaging, with a focus on the various layers and structure of the breast with differing dielectric properties. Next, the disease of breast cancer is discussed, including the cellular origins of the disease, the variants or types of the disease and the grading of breast cancer. The chapter concludes with an in-depth review of both historical and recent studies of the dielectric properties of healthy and cancerous breast tissue.

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  1. Electrical and Electronic Engineering, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

    Martin O’Halloran, Edward Jones & Martin Glavin

  2. Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    Dallan Byrne

  3. formerly at Electrical and Electronic Engineering, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

    Dallan Byrne

  4. Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    Dallan Byrne

  5. Faculdade de Ciências, Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

    Raquel Cruz Conceição

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  2. København NV, Denmark

    Johan Jacob Mohr

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    Martin O'Halloran

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O’Halloran, M., Byrne, D., Conceição, R.C., Jones, E., Glavin, M. (2016). Anatomy and Dielectric Properties of the Breast and Breast Cancer. In: Conceição, R., Mohr, J., O'Halloran, M. (eds) An Introduction to Microwave Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27866-7_2

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