Title :
Performance of THz fiber-scanning near-field microscopy to diagnose breast tumors
Author :
Chen, Hua ; Chiu, Chui-Min ; Lai, Wei-Ling ; Tsai, Yuan-Fu ; Tseng, Tzu-Fang ; Lu, Jen-Tang ; Lee, Wen-Jeng ; Lin, Chung-Wu ; Sun, Chi-Kuang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
Based on the statistics of 20 female patients, we demonstrate that the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of the THz fiber-scanning near-field microscopy to examine breast tumor sections are all as high as 100%. It will be very useful for quick definition of the tumor margins during the surgical procedure such as breast-conserving surgery.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; near-field scanning optical microscopy; patient diagnosis; terahertz wave imaging; tumours; THz fiber-scanning near-field microscopy; breast tumor diagnosis; breast-conserving surgery; diagnostic sensitivity; tumor margins; Breast tumors; Cancer; Educational institutions; Microscopy; Sensitivity and specificity;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2011 36th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Houston, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0510-6
Electronic_ISBN :
2162-2027
DOI :
10.1109/irmmw-THz.2011.6104941
