Terahertz imaging of breast cancer, a feasibility study

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Terahertz imaging of breast cancer, a feasibility study

Fitzgerald, A.J. / Wallace, V.P. / Pye, R. / Jimenez-Linan, M. / Bobrow, L. / Purushotham, A.D. / Arnone, D.D.

We have developed a portable terahertz pulsed imaging system (TPI) for use in a hospital environment. The system uses photoconduction to generate and detect terahertz with a frequency content from 0.1-4 THz. In this paper, we report on a feasibility study using TPI for imaging tumours of the breast. Several breast samples were imaged and parameters from the time domain impulse functions were used to provide a contrast with good agreement to histology. This preliminary study demonstrates the potential of TPI to image breast tumours and encourages further studies to determine the ability of the technique to discriminate different types of tumour.

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Title :

Terahertz imaging of breast cancer, a feasibility study

Contributors:

Fitzgerald, A.J. (author) / Wallace, V.P. (author) / Pye, R. (author) / Jimenez-Linan, M. (author) / Bobrow, L. (author) / Purushotham, A.D. (author) / Arnone, D.D. (author)

Published in:

Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Conference Digest of the 2004 Joint 29th International Conference on 2004 and 12th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, 2004. ; 823-824

Publication date :

2004-01-01

Size :

169801 byte

ISBN :

0-7803-8490-3

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIMW.2004.1422348

Type of media :

Conference paper