Date: Monday 29 of February, 2016
Time: 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Author(s): Sreeram Dhurjaty, Dhurjaty Electronics Consulting LLC (United States); Yuchen Qiu, Maxine Tan, The Univ. of Oklahoma (United States); Wei Qian, University of Texas (United States); Bin Zheng, The Univ. of Oklahoma (United States)
Abstract:
In this study we propose and analyze a new paradigm of a dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (DRS) that operates at low frequencies (≤10 MHz) to measure polarization-lag of dielectric signals in breast capacitance when excited by pulses. As a result, the sensitivity of new DRS in detecting permittivity of water can increase by ≥80 times as comparing to conventional DRS operated at frequencies of 4GHz. This new system has advantages in enhancing repeatability between various readings, providing temperature-insensitive detection, and yielding higher sensitivity so as to, non-invasively, detect breast abnormalities that may lead to development of cancer in the near-term.
