Four-wavelength time-resolved optical mammograph

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4955, Issue , 2003, Pages 203-210

  Cubeddu, Rinaldo ^a   Danesini, Gian Maria ^b   Messina, Fabrizio ^a   Pifferi, Antonio ^a   Spinelli, Lorenzo ^a   Taroni, Paola ^a   Torricelli, Alessandro ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Radiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mammography; Optical pathology; Photon migration; Spectroscopy; Time resolved imaging; Tissue diagnostics

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTROSCOPY; TUMORS;

OPTICAL PATHOLOGY; PHOTON MIGRATION; TIME RESOLVED IMAGING; TISSUE DIAGNOSTICS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0344420325     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.478134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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