{"title":"Design of Compact Fragment-Type Antenna Array for Microwave-Based Head Imaging Application","authors":"Bo Han, Shibing Wang, Xiaofeng Shi","doi":"10.26866/jees.2023.4.r.176","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Specifically designed antennas are needed to meet the needs of head imaging applications where an antenna array is typically used. In this article, the design of a compact fragment-type antenna using a genetic algorithm is proposed. The proposed antenna is fabricated by a low-cost FR4 substrate and covers a 72.4% fractional bandwidth (1.92 to 4.1 GHz), with an average gain of more than 2.02 dBi. The overall structure of the proposed antenna is equivalent to 0.29 λ 0 × 0.19 λ 0, where λ 0 is the corresponding wavelength at 1.92 GHz. The results indicate that the proposed antenna is compact and suitable for microwave-based head imaging. An effective microwave head imaging system with an array of 8 compact fragment-type antennas is designed, with one antenna working as a transmitter and the others working as a receiver in turn. The imaging performance is investigated with blood layer inside the head model using the Microwave Radar-Based Imaging Toolbox open-source software. The detection of the presence and location of stroke is done by analyzing the compact fragment-type antennas’ backscattered signal.","PeriodicalId":15662,"journal":{"name":"Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2023-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.26866/jees.2023.4.r.176","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Specifically designed antennas are needed to meet the needs of head imaging applications where an antenna array is typically used. In this article, the design of a compact fragment-type antenna using a genetic algorithm is proposed. The proposed antenna is fabricated by a low-cost FR4 substrate and covers a 72.4% fractional bandwidth (1.92 to 4.1 GHz), with an average gain of more than 2.02 dBi. The overall structure of the proposed antenna is equivalent to 0.29 λ 0 × 0.19 λ 0, where λ 0 is the corresponding wavelength at 1.92 GHz. The results indicate that the proposed antenna is compact and suitable for microwave-based head imaging. An effective microwave head imaging system with an array of 8 compact fragment-type antennas is designed, with one antenna working as a transmitter and the others working as a receiver in turn. The imaging performance is investigated with blood layer inside the head model using the Microwave Radar-Based Imaging Toolbox open-source software. The detection of the presence and location of stroke is done by analyzing the compact fragment-type antennas’ backscattered signal.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science (JEES) is an official English-language journal of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic and Science (KIEES). This journal was launched in 2001 and has been published quarterly since 2003. It is currently registered with the National Research Foundation of Korea and also indexed in Scopus, CrossRef and EBSCO, DOI/Crossref, Google Scholar and Web of Science Core Collection as Emerging Sources Citation Index(ESCI) Journal. The objective of JEES is to publish academic as well as industrial research results and discoveries in electromagnetic engineering and science. The particular scope of the journal includes electromagnetic field theory and its applications: High frequency components, circuits, and systems, Antennas, smart phones, and radars, Electromagnetic wave environments, Relevant industrial developments.