This work has been presented at the SPIE Medical Imaging 2010 conference in San Diego, CA

1. Microwave Imaging of the Breast With Incorporated Structural Information SPIE Medical Imaging 15 February, 2010 San Diego, CA Amir H. Golnabi Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, NH

9. 4. Microwave Image Reconstruction with Incorporated Anatomical Information

11. 5. Phantom Experiments

14. 5. Phantom Experiments: Results Square Inclusion L = 20 mm Square Inclusion L = 10 mm

15. 5. Phantom Experiments: Results Square Inclusion L = 20 mm, frequency range: 900-2100 MHz Relative Error = (exact – reconstructed)/exact

16. 6. Initial Clinical Data

17. 6. Initial Clinical Data Using high spatial resolution MR images as soft prior information in microwave image reconstruction:

18. 6. Initial Clinical Data Reconstructed images at 1100 MHz with and without soft prior regularization:

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