• DocumentCode
    2238020
  • 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
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950536
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2238020