Title :
High-sensitivity in vivo THz fiber-scanning mammography of early breast cancer in nude mice
Author :
Chen, Hua ; Tseng, Tzu-Fang ; Lu, Jen-Tang ; Chen, Te-Hsuen ; Kuo, Chung-Chiu ; Fu, Shih-Chen ; Lee, Wen-Jeng ; Tsai, Yuan-Fu ; Huang, Yu-You ; Chuang, Eric Y. ; Hwang, Yuh-Jing ; Sun, Chi-Kung
Author_Institution :
Grad. Inst. of Photonics & Optoelectron., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
We demonstrate an in vivo transmission T-ray mammography for early breast cancer detection in an animal model. Compared to the state-of-the-art sensitivity of X-ray mammography (Volume: 4.22mm3), T-ray achieved much earlier cancer detection (Volume: 0.5mm3).
Keywords :
biological organs; cancer; mammography; terahertz wave imaging; X-ray mammography; animal model; breast cancer detection; high-sensitivity in vivo THz fiber-scanning mammography; in vivo transmission T-ray mammography; nude mice; state-of-the-art sensitivity; Absorption; Breast cancer; In vivo; Mice;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
