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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Mar 26.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Radiol. 2007 Feb;14(2):207–218. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2006.10.016

Table 2.

Summary of microwave tomography system performance specifications.

Performance Specifications
Exam Geometry Breast pendant in liquid bath
Imaging Planes 7
Coupling Bath 80:20 and 86:14 glycerin:water mixtures
Total Number of Images 49 (7 frequencies × 7 planes)
Exam Time 7 minutes
Frequencies 500 to 1700 MHz in 200 MHz increments
Power Transmitted < 1 mW
Measurement Sensitivity −130 dBm
Antenna Array 16 monopole antennas on a 15.2 cm diameter circle – non-contacting
Measurements/Image Set 240 (16 transmitters × 15 receivers per transmitter)
Image Properties Electrical permittivity (εr) and conductivity (σ)
Reconstruction Time < 5 minutes per image