Computational feasibility study of contrast-enhanced thermoacoustic imaging for breast cancer detection using realistic numerical breast phantoms

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1489-1501

  Wang, Xiong ^a   Qin, Tao ^a,b   Witte, Russell S ^c   Xin, Hao ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; breast phantom; carbon nanotubes; contrast agents; microwave; thermoacoustic imaging (TAI); tumor detection

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DISEASES; MICROWAVES; NUMERICAL METHODS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); THERMOACOUSTICS; TUMORS; YARN;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST PHANTOM; CONTRAST AGENT; THERMOACOUSTIC IMAGING (TAI); TUMOR DETECTION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 85027957695     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2015.2417866     Document Type: Article

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