Abstract
Terahertz imaging has been previously shown to be capable of distinguishing normal breast tissue from its cancerous form, indicating its applicability to breast conserving surgery. The heterogeneous composition of breast tissue is among the main challenges to progressing this potential research towards a practical application. In this paper, two concentration analysis methods are proposed for analyzing phantoms mimicking breast tissue. The dielectric properties and the double Debye parameters were used to determine the phantom composition. The first method is wholly based on the conventional effective medium theory while the second one combines this theoretical model with empirical polynomial models. Through assessing the accuracy of these methods, their potential for application to quantifying breast tissue pathology was confirmed.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | #313622 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1334-1349 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Biomedical Optics Express |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2018 |
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Concentration analysis of breast tissue phantoms with terahertz spectroscopy. / Truong, Bao C.Q.; Fitzgerald, Anthony J.; Fan, Shuting; Wallace, Vincent P.
In: Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 9, No. 3, #313622, 01.03.2018, p. 1334-1349.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Concentration analysis of breast tissue phantoms with terahertz spectroscopy
AU - Truong, Bao C.Q.
AU - Fitzgerald, Anthony J.
AU - Fan, Shuting
AU - Wallace, Vincent P.
PY - 2018/3/1
Y1 - 2018/3/1
N2 - Terahertz imaging has been previously shown to be capable of distinguishing normal breast tissue from its cancerous form, indicating its applicability to breast conserving surgery. The heterogeneous composition of breast tissue is among the main challenges to progressing this potential research towards a practical application. In this paper, two concentration analysis methods are proposed for analyzing phantoms mimicking breast tissue. The dielectric properties and the double Debye parameters were used to determine the phantom composition. The first method is wholly based on the conventional effective medium theory while the second one combines this theoretical model with empirical polynomial models. Through assessing the accuracy of these methods, their potential for application to quantifying breast tissue pathology was confirmed.
AB - Terahertz imaging has been previously shown to be capable of distinguishing normal breast tissue from its cancerous form, indicating its applicability to breast conserving surgery. The heterogeneous composition of breast tissue is among the main challenges to progressing this potential research towards a practical application. In this paper, two concentration analysis methods are proposed for analyzing phantoms mimicking breast tissue. The dielectric properties and the double Debye parameters were used to determine the phantom composition. The first method is wholly based on the conventional effective medium theory while the second one combines this theoretical model with empirical polynomial models. Through assessing the accuracy of these methods, their potential for application to quantifying breast tissue pathology was confirmed.
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DO - 10.1364/BOE.9.001334
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VL - 9
SP - 1334
EP - 1349
JO - Biomedical Optics Express
JF - Biomedical Optics Express
SN - 2156-7085
IS - 3
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