Microwave Imaging Facility

McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
What the facility does

Microwave imaging applied to medical diagnostics, concealed weapon detection and nondestructive testing

Areas of expertise

Developing microwave data acquisition hardware and image-reconstruction software to perform imaging and detection.

Research services

Testing, prototyping of microwave imaging equipment.

Sectors of application
  • Defence and security industries
  • Education
  • Life sciences, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment
  • Utilities
Specialized lab Equipment Function
Microwave Imaging Facility Precision planar and rotary scanners Data acquisition over surfaces surrounding inspected object
  Vector network analyzers and RF switches Acquiring microwave signals in the frequency domain
  Arbitrary waveform generator Generation of radar waveforms for measurements in the time domain
  High-speed oscilloscope Direct time-domain measurements of radar signals
  Computational cluster High-speed electromagnetic modelling and signal processing
  Suite of electromagnetic simulation software Modelilng, algorithm testing and verification, antenna design.