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Feasibility of white-light time-resolved optical mammography.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17092184     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We demonstrate the feasibility of white-light time-resolved optical mammography. The instrumentation is based on supercontinuum light generated in photonic crystal fiber and 32-channel parallel time-correlated single-photon-counting detection. Total measurement time is of the order of 10 min for typical clinical applications. Preliminary measurements performed on volunteers show the ability of the system to determine tissue constituent concentrations and structure over the entire breast area. Furthermore, measurements on a tissue-like sample demonstrate detection and characterization of inclusions.
Authors:
Andrea Bassi; Lorenzo Spinelli; Cosimo D'Andrea; Arianna Giusto; Johannes Swartling; Antonio Pifferi; Alessandro Torricelli; Rinaldo Cubeddu
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of biomedical optics     Volume:  11     ISSN:  1083-3668     ISO Abbreviation:  J Biomed Opt     Publication Date:    2006 Sep-Oct
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-11-09     Completed Date:  2007-01-17     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9605853     Medline TA:  J Biomed Opt     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  054035     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
ULTRAS-CNR-INFM and CNR-IFN, Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy. andrea.bassi@fisi.polimi.it
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Feasibility Studies
Female
Humans
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation,  methods*
Lasers / diagnostic use*
Mammography / instrumentation,  methods
Middle Aged
Phantoms, Imaging
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tomography, Optical / instrumentation,  methods*

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