In Vivo Validation of Diffuse Optical Imaging with a Dual-Direction Measuring Module of Parallel-Plate Architecture for Breast Tumor Detection

• Published in: Biomedicines Vol. 10; no. 5; p. 1040
• Main Authors: Yu, Jhao-Ming, Chen, Liang-Yu, Pan, Min-Cheng, Hsu, Ya-Fen, Pan, Min-Chun, Lin, Yi-Ling, Sun, Sheng-Yih, Chou, Chia-Cheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 30.04.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Algorithms; Aluminum alloys; Arrays; Breast cancer; Breasts; Design; diffuse optical imaging; dual-direction scanning; feature index; Invasiveness; Light; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mammography; optical breast imaging system; Power supply; Scanning; Tumors; United States > US; Japan; optical breast imaging system; dual-direction scanning; feature index; diffuse optical imaging
• ISSN: 2227-9059; 2227-9059
• DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10051040

We demonstrate a working prototype of an optical breast imaging system involving parallel-plate architecture and a dual-direction scanning scheme designed in combination with a mammography machine; this system was validated in a pilot study to demonstrate its application in imaging healthy and malig...