Microwave-induced thermal acoustic tomography for breast tumor based on compressive sensing

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1298-1307

  Zhu, Xiaozhang ^a   Zhao, Zhiqin ^a   Wang, Jinguo ^a   Song, Jian ^a   Liu, Qing Huo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast tumor; compressive sensing; medical imaging; microwave induced thermal acoustic tomography (MITAT)

Indexed keywords

BREAST TUMOR; COMPRESSIVE SENSING; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION METHODS; OVER-COMPLETE DICTIONARIES; PEAK SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPARSE SIGNAL REPRESENTATION; THERMAL ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; TUMORS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSIVE SENSING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; MICROWAVE INDUCED THERMAL ACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY; SENSOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROWAVES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84876758762     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2012.2233737     Document Type: Article

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