An electrical property imaging system comprising: a plurality of electrodes configured to apply a voltage to a tissue and to measure a current produced therein in response to the applied voltage; a plurality of voltage drivers, each voltage driver being in communication with a respective one of the plurality of electrodes and configured to direct the respective one of the plurality of electrodes to apply the voltage to the tissue while varying a magnitude of the applied voltage at a selected frequency; an impedance analyzer in communication with the plurality of electrodes and the plurality of voltage drivers and configured to: i) direct the voltage drivers to direct the electrodes to repeatedly apply the voltage to the tissue while changing the selected frequency with each repetition; ii) direct the plurality of electrodes to measure a current measurement at each of the changed selected frequencies; iii) produce an electrical property measurement for each of the changed selected frequencies using the corresponding measured current measurements; a computer controller in communication with the impedance analyzer and configured to: iv) fit the produced electrical property measurements to a model of the electrical property of the tissue; v) determine, from the modelled values of the electrical property of the tissue, a characteristic frequency of the tissue; and vi) characterize, from the determined characteristic frequency, the tissue as one of at least cancerous and non-cancerous. a plurality of electrodes configured to apply a voltage to a tissue and to measure a current produced therein in response to the applied voltage; a plurality of voltage drivers, each voltage driver being in communication with a respective one of the plurality of electrodes and configured to direct the respective one of the plurality of electrodes to apply the voltage to the tissue while varying a magnitude of the applied voltage at a selected frequency; an impedance analyzer in communication with the plurality of electrodes and the plurality of voltage drivers and configured to: i) direct the voltage drivers to direct the electrodes to repeatedly apply the voltage to the tissue while changing the selected frequency with each repetition; ii) direct the plurality of electrodes to measure a current measurement at each of the changed selected frequencies; iii) produce an electrical property measurement for each of the changed selected frequencies using the corresponding measured current measurements; i) direct the voltage drivers to direct the electrodes to repeatedly apply the voltage to the tissue while changing the selected frequency with each repetition; ii) direct the plurality of electrodes to measure a current measurement at each of the changed selected frequencies; iii) produce an electrical property measurement for each of the changed selected frequencies using the corresponding measured current measurements; a computer controller in communication with the impedance analyzer and configured to: iv) fit the produced electrical property measurements to a model of the electrical property of the tissue; v) determine, from the modelled values of the electrical property of the tissue, a characteristic frequency of the tissue; and vi) characterize, from the determined characteristic frequency, the tissue as one of at least cancerous and non-cancerous. iv) fit the produced electrical property measurements to a model of the electrical property of the tissue; v) determine, from the modelled values of the electrical property of the tissue, a characteristic frequency of the tissue; and vi) characterize, from the determined characteristic frequency, the tissue as one of at least cancerous and non-cancerous.