Thermoacoustic CT of the breast: Pilot study observations

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4256, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-5

  Kruger, R A ^a   Kiser, W L ^a   Romilly, A P ^a   Schmidt, P ^a  

^a OptoSonics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Mammography; Photoacoustic; Thermoacoustic; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; ULTRASONICS;

BREAST; DUCTAL CARCINOMA IN SITU; THERMOACOUSTIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034870321     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.429292     Document Type: Article

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4. Thermoacoustic computed tomography-Technical considerations