Spatial variations in optical and physiological properties of healthy breast tissue

• Published in: Journal of biomedical optics Vol. 9; no. 3; p. 534
• Main Authors: Shah, Natasha, Cerussi, Albert E, Jakubowski, Dorota, Hsiang, David, Butler, John, Tromberg, Bruce J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2004
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Breast - physiology; Female; Hemoglobins - metabolism; Humans; Lipid Metabolism; Middle Aged; Postmenopause - physiology; Premenopause - physiology; Reproducibility of Results; Scattering, Radiation; Sensitivity and Specificity; Spectrophotometry, Infrared - methods; Tomography, Optical - methods; Water - metabolism

Near-infrared (NIR) diffuse optical spectroscopy (DOS) and diffuse optical imaging (DOI) show promise as noninvasive clinical techniques for breast cancer screening and diagnosis. Since NIR methods are based on optical contrast between healthy and diseased tissue, it is essential to characterize the...