Abstract :
X-rays go digital, computers read film, and chemicals mark tumors, but will these new technologies make it in the clinic? The imaging technologies considered for breast cancer include film-screen mammography, full field digital mammography, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, scintimammography, thermography, electrical impedance imaging, optical imaging, electric potential measurement, positron emission tomography, novel ultrasound techniques, elastography, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, thermoacoustic computed tomography, microwave imaging, Hall-effect imaging and magneto-mammography
Keywords :
biochemistry; cancer; mammography; medical image processing; reviews; tumours; Hall-effect imaging; X-rays; breast cancer detection; chemicals; computer aided detection; elastography; electric potential measurement; electrical impedance imaging; film-screen mammography; full field digital mammography; imaging technologies; magnetic resonance imaging; magnetic resonance spectroscopy; magneto-mammography; microwave imaging; novel ultrasound techniques; optical imaging; positron emission tomography; scintimammography,; thermoacoustic computed tomography; thermography; tumors; ultrasound; Breast cancer; Cancer detection; Chemical technology; Magnetic films; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mammography; Microwave imaging; Optical imaging; Ultrasonic imaging; X-rays;
