Title :
Cancer Detection using Infrared Transillumination
Author :
Dixit, Sanhita ; Le, Theresamai ; Amin, Khalid ; Comstock, Christopher ; Faris, Gregory
Abstract :
The viability of a new infrared imaging modality for the detection of breast cancer is tested via whole animal imaging studies. The potential of this technique for imaging human breast tissue is also demonstrated.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; cancer; infrared imaging; tumours; breast cancer; cancer detection; human breast tissue imaging; infrared imaging modality; infrared transillumination; Animals; Breast cancer; Breast neoplasms; Cameras; Cancer detection; Gases; Infrared detectors; Infrared imaging; Optical imaging; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453500