Matching fluid influence on field scattered from breast tumour: analysis using 3D realistic numerical phantoms

In this letter, we report preliminary results aimed to evaluate to which extent the field scattered by a breast tumor is affected by the choice of the matching fluid permittivity $ar{arepsilon}_f$. We have modelled the female breast using highly accurate 3-D numerical phantoms, and studied the forward electromagnetic scattering phenomena via Contrast-Source integral equation. Our analysis reveals as the influence of $ar{arepsilon}_f$ on the scattered field is dependent by the morphological characteristics of the breast under consideration.