1. Heterodyne frequency-domain multispectral diffuse optical tomography of breast cancer in the parallel-plane transmission geometry
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H Y, Ban, M, Schweiger, V C, Kavuri, J M, Cochran, L, Xie, D R, Busch, J, Katrašnik, S, Pathak, S H, Chung, K, Lee, R, Choe, B J, Czerniecki, S R, Arridge, and A G, Yodh
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Models, Anatomic ,Imaging, Three-Dimensional ,Phantoms, Imaging ,EMERGING IMAGING AND THERAPY MODALITIES ,Humans ,Tomography, Optical ,Breast Neoplasms ,Female ,Equipment Design ,Aged ,Mammography - Abstract
The authors introduce a state-of-the-art all-optical clinical diffuse optical tomography (DOT) imaging instrument which collects spatially dense, multispectral, frequency-domain breast data in the parallel-plate geometry.The instrument utilizes a CCD-based heterodyne detection scheme that permits massively parallel detection of diffuse photon density wave amplitude and phase for a large number of source-detector pairs (10(6)). The stand-alone clinical DOT instrument thus offers high spatial resolution with reduced crosstalk between absorption and scattering. Other novel features include a fringe profilometry system for breast boundary segmentation, real-time data normalization, and a patient bed design which permits both axial and sagittal breast measurements.The authors validated the instrument using tissue simulating phantoms with two different chromophore-containing targets and one scattering target. The authors also demonstrated the instrument in a case study breast cancer patient; the reconstructed 3D image of endogenous chromophores and scattering gave tumor localization in agreement with MRI.Imaging with a novel parallel-plate DOT breast imager that employs highly parallel, high-resolution CCD detection in the frequency-domain was demonstrated.
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- 2016