DocumentCode
544311
Title
Time resolved transillumination: Simulation and comparative results
Author
De Haller, Emmanuel B. ; Depeursinge, Christian
Author_Institution
Med. Eng. Lab., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol. in Lausanne, Ecublens, Switzerland
Volume
1
fYear
1992
fDate
Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992
Firstpage
334
Lastpage
335
Abstract
A Monte Carlo simulation has been developed to predict the quality of time resolved images of the breast by transillumination. The smallest diameter of a detectable carcinoma located in the breast has been computed. The simulation suggests that time resolved imaging of the breast is possible and invaluable in the near infra-red (NIR) by transillumination. The estimated diameter of the smallest detectable sphere is de rived from the image quality index theory (or IQI theory) and its value is around 4 mm.
Keywords
Monte Carlo methods; biological organs; biomedical optical imaging; high-speed optical techniques; infrared imaging; mammography; IQI theory; Monte Carlo simulation; breast; carcinoma; image quality index theory; time resolved imaging; time resolved transillumination; Analytical models; Biomedical imaging; Image resolution; Indexes; X-rays;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Paris
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0785-2
Electronic_ISBN
0-7803-0816-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5760991
Filename
5760991
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