• DocumentCode
    2866171
  • Title

    Terahertz imaging for margin assessment of breast cancer tumors

  • Author

    Hassan, Ahmed M. ; Hufnagle, David C. ; El-Shenawee, Magda ; Pacey, Gilbert E.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AK, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    17-22 June 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    This work presents experimental terahertz measurements of excised formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) human breast cancer tissues. The data are collected using a terahertz pulsed system operating from 0.1 THz to 3THz. The results represent preliminary investigation of terahertz imaging technique for assessing the tumor margins. The direct imaging method will be compared with inverse scattering imaging methods using the experimental data along with histopathological images as references.
  • Keywords
    Breast cancer; Imaging; Inverse problems; Surgery; Tumors; Terahertz imaging; breast cancer; inverse scattering methods; level set; tomography;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2012 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Montreal, QC
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1085-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0149-645X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2012.6259567
  • Filename
    6259567