• DocumentCode
    247042
  • Title

    Avoiding unnecessary breast biopsies: Clinically-informed 3D breast tumour models for microwave imaging applications

  • Author

    Oliveira, Bruno ; Glavin, M. ; Jones, E. ; O´Halloran, M. ; Conceicao, Ruhan

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    6-11 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    1143
  • Lastpage
    1144
  • Abstract
    By using anatomically accurate models, the potential to improve microwave imaging as a detection and classification technique for breast cancer is very promising. This paper proposes a novel, clinically-informed approach to 3D modelling of breast tumours that significantly enhances flexibility in setting tumour parameters compared to existing approaches.
  • Keywords
    biomedical imaging; cancer; medical signal processing; microwave imaging; signal classification; tumours; breast cancer classification; breast cancer detection; breast tumours; clinically-informed 3D breast tumour models; clinically-informed approach; flexibility enhancement; microwave imaging applications; tumour parameters; unnecessary breast biopsies; Biological system modeling; Breast tumors; Cancer; Imaging; Solid modeling; Three-dimensional displays;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2014 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Memphis, TN
  • ISSN
    1522-3965
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-3538-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2014.6904898
  • Filename
    6904898