Title :
Optical mammography: Characterization of malignant and benign breast lesions by a perturbative model
Author :
Quarto, Giovanna ; Pifferi, Antonio ; Torricelli, Alessandro ; Cubeddu, Rinaldo ; Taroni, Paola ; Spinelli, Larissa ; Abbate, F. ; Balestreri, Nicola ; Menna, Simona ; Cassano, Enrico
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Fis., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
Abstract :
Benign and malignant breast lesions were characterized in terms of both absorption properties and constituent concentration by the use of a perturbative model. Differences between lesions and healthy tissue were observed.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; cancer; light absorption; mammography; physiological models; tumours; absorption properties; benign breast lesion characterization; healthy tissue; malignant breast lesion characterization; optical mammography; perturbative model; Lesions; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Breast lesions; Mammography; Spectroscopy; Time-resolved imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Technologies, 2014 Fotonica AEIT Italian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Naples
Print_ISBN :
978-8-8872-3718-4
DOI :
10.1109/Fotonica.2014.6843932
