Finite element 3D models of melanoma growth and time-dependent backscattered data for dielectric properties of melanoma at 6 GHz

TL;DR

This paper develops finite element 3D models of melanoma growth with realistic dielectric properties at 6 GHz, demonstrating their use in generating backscattered data to evaluate reconstruction algorithms.

Contribution

It introduces detailed 3D finite element models of melanoma with accurate dielectric properties and shows how they can generate data for testing dielectric property reconstruction methods.

Findings

Finite element models accurately simulate melanoma growth.

Generated backscattered data can evaluate reconstruction algorithms.

Models incorporate realistic dielectric properties of skin.

Abstract

Finite element meshes for 3D models simulating realistic malignant melanoma (MM) growth, incorporating accurate dielectric properties of the skin, have been developed. Numerical simulations illustrate how 3D finite element meshes can be utilized to generate backscattered data, enabling the evaluation of reconstruction algorithms designed to determine the dielectric properties of the proposed 3D model.