Abstract
This paper investigates the feasibility of using terahertz pulsed imaging to detect breast cancer in a reflection imaging geometry. Spectroscopic terahertz data is used to simulate the reflected time domain response functions of healthy fibrous breast tissue and breast cancer tissue. Previously we have looked at the refractive index and absorption coefficient separately to characterize tissues. In this work we investigate their combined effects and identify parameters of the simulated reflected impulse response function and corresponding spectroscopic properties with a view to improving our ability to distinguish between the fibrous and cancer tissues in the breast.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XXIII |
| Editors | E. Duco Jansen, Robert J. Thomas |
| Place of Publication | San Francisco |
| Publisher | SPIE |
| Volume | 8221 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780819488640 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Event | Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XXIII - San Francisco, United States Duration: 21 Jan 2012 → 26 Jan 2012 |
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| Conference | Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XXIII |
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| Country | United States |
| City | San Francisco |
| Period | 21/01/12 → 26/01/12 |
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Breast cancer tissue diagnosis at terahertz frequencies. / Pickwell-Macpherson, Emma; Fitzgerald, Anthony J.; Wallace, Vincent P.
Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XXIII. ed. / E. Duco Jansen; Robert J. Thomas. Vol. 8221 San Francisco : SPIE, 2012. 82210M.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper
TY - GEN
T1 - Breast cancer tissue diagnosis at terahertz frequencies
AU - Pickwell-Macpherson, Emma
AU - Fitzgerald, Anthony J.
AU - Wallace, Vincent P.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This paper investigates the feasibility of using terahertz pulsed imaging to detect breast cancer in a reflection imaging geometry. Spectroscopic terahertz data is used to simulate the reflected time domain response functions of healthy fibrous breast tissue and breast cancer tissue. Previously we have looked at the refractive index and absorption coefficient separately to characterize tissues. In this work we investigate their combined effects and identify parameters of the simulated reflected impulse response function and corresponding spectroscopic properties with a view to improving our ability to distinguish between the fibrous and cancer tissues in the breast.
AB - This paper investigates the feasibility of using terahertz pulsed imaging to detect breast cancer in a reflection imaging geometry. Spectroscopic terahertz data is used to simulate the reflected time domain response functions of healthy fibrous breast tissue and breast cancer tissue. Previously we have looked at the refractive index and absorption coefficient separately to characterize tissues. In this work we investigate their combined effects and identify parameters of the simulated reflected impulse response function and corresponding spectroscopic properties with a view to improving our ability to distinguish between the fibrous and cancer tissues in the breast.
KW - ex vivo
KW - finite difference time domain simulations
KW - Terahertz spectroscopy
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U2 - 10.1117/12.905116
DO - 10.1117/12.905116
M3 - Conference paper
SN - 9780819488640
VL - 8221
BT - Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XXIII
A2 - Jansen, E. Duco
A2 - Thomas, Robert J.
PB - SPIE
CY - San Francisco
ER -