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Transmission and reflection diffraction tomography in breast imaging

  • Francesco Simonetti*
  • , Lianjie Huang
  • , Neb Duric
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Imperial College London
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Wayne State University

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Abstract

Commercial medical ultrasound scanners produce images of human tissue by interpreting the information carried by echoes reflected from structures contained inside it. In this paper, a new generation of toroidal ultrasound arrays is used to measure both the signals reflected and transmitted through the tissue. It is shown that transmission measurements encode complete information about the gross structure of the tissue and lead to images that are superior to those obtained form reflection measurements alone. Experimental results are provided for a gel phantom and a human breast in vivo.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBioMedical Engineering and Informatics
Subtitle of host publicationNew Development and the Future - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI 2008
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages723-727
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9780769531182
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event1st International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI 2008, co-located with the 1st International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, CISP 2008 - Sanya, Hainan, China
Duration: 27 May 200830 May 2008

Publication series

NameBioMedical Engineering and Informatics: New Development and the Future - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI 2008
Volume2

Conference

Conference1st International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI 2008, co-located with the 1st International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, CISP 2008
Country/TerritoryChina
CitySanya, Hainan
Period27/05/0830/05/08

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