Active adjoint modeling method in microwave induced thermoacoustic tomography for breast tumor

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1957-1966

  Zhu, Xiaozhang ^a   Zhao, Zhiqin ^a   Wang, Jinguo ^a   Chen, Guoping ^a   Liu, Qing Huo ^b  

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

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic modeling; adjoint method; breast tumor; medical imaging; microwave induced thermoacoustic tomography (MITAT)

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE ACOUSTICS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; TUMORS;

ACOUSTIC MODEL; ADJOINT METHODS; BREAST TUMOR; CHECKERBOARD PATTERNS; MODEL BASED INVERSION; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; THERMOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY; TIME REVERSAL MIRRORS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ACTIVE ADJOINT MODELING METHOD; ANATOMIC MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICROWAVE INDUCED THERMOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIOLOGY PHANTOM; SENSOR; SIMULATION; THERMOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; BREAST; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THERMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROWAVES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; THERMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84903118894     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2014.2309912     Document Type: Article

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