An Introduction to Research Groups and Commercial Systems of Microwave Medical Imaging.

Nowadays, microwave imaging, as an emerging technology, plays an important role in the detection and characterization of targets in many fields, including civil engineering, industry, geology, and medicine. In this paper, with an emphasis on microwave medical imaging, we will review and introduce leading academic and commercial systems in the field of breast cancer diagnosis and brain complications. The basis of microwave medical imaging is the difference in the dielectric properties of different body tissues in the microwave band. In this paper, we will introduce and examine 9 prominent research groups and 5 commercial companies active in the field of microwave medical imaging. The results of clinical studies of the mentioned systems indicate the optimal sensitivity and reliability of microwave imaging in detecting unhealthy masses, both in the breast tissue and in the head.