DocumentCode
2673249
Title
Performance of THz fiber-scanning near-field microscopy to diagnose breast tumors
Author
Chen, Hua ; Chiu, Chui-Min ; Lai, Wei-Ling ; Tsai, Yuan-Fu ; Tseng, Tzu-Fang ; Lu, Jen-Tang ; Lee, Wen-Jeng ; Lin, Chung-Wu ; Sun, Chi-Kuang
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
fYear
2011
fDate
2-7 Oct. 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Based on the statistics of 20 female patients, we demonstrate that the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of the THz fiber-scanning near-field microscopy to examine breast tumor sections are all as high as 100%. It will be very useful for quick definition of the tumor margins during the surgical procedure such as breast-conserving surgery.
Keywords
biomedical optical imaging; near-field scanning optical microscopy; patient diagnosis; terahertz wave imaging; tumours; THz fiber-scanning near-field microscopy; breast tumor diagnosis; breast-conserving surgery; diagnostic sensitivity; tumor margins; Breast tumors; Cancer; Educational institutions; Microscopy; Sensitivity and specificity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2011 36th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Houston, TX
ISSN
2162-2027
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0510-6
Electronic_ISBN
2162-2027
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/irmmw-THz.2011.6104941
Filename
6104941
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