A simplified model of mammography geometry for breast cancer imaging with electrical impedance tomography

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 II, Issue , 2004, Pages 1310-1313

  Choi, Myoung H ^a   Kao, Tzu Jen ^b   Isaacson, David ^c   Saulnier, Gary J ^b   Newell, Jonathan C ^b  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; EIT; Electrical impedance; Mammography

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY (EIT); ELECTRODE ARRAYS; MAMMOGRAPHY GEOMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS; X RAYS;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 11144332488     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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