A simplified model of mammography geometry for breast cancer imaging with electrical impedance tomography

Author

Choi, Myoung H. ; Kao, Tzu-Jen ; Isaacson, David ; Saulnier, Gary J. ; Newell, Jonathan C.

Author_Institution

Div. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Kangwon Nat. Univ., Chunchon, South Korea

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

1-5 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

1310

Lastpage

1313

Abstract

One recent application area of EIT is the detection of breast cancer by imaging the conductivity and the permittivity distribution inside the breast. The present "gold standard" for breast cancer detection is X-ray mammography, and it is desirable that the EIT and the X-ray mammography use the same geometry. This work presents a simplified model of the mammography geometry for EIT imaging. The mammography geometry is modeled as a rectangular box with electrode arrays on the top and bottom planes. A forward model for the electrical impedance imaging problem is derived for the homogeneous conductivity distribution and validated by experiment using a phantom tank. The effect of unmodeled surface on the sides of the electrodes is studied.

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; biomedical electrodes; biomedical measurement; cancer; electric impedance imaging; electrical conductivity measurement; mammography; permittivity measurement; phantoms; tumours; breast cancer detection; breast cancer imaging; conductivity distribution imaging; electrical impedance imaging; electrical impedance tomography; electrode arrays; mammography geometry; permittivity distribution imaging; phantom tank; Breast cancer; Cancer detection; Conductivity; Geometry; Impedance; Mammography; Optical imaging; Solid modeling; Tomography; X-ray imaging; Breast cancer; EIT; Electrical impedance; Mammography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2004. IEMBS '04. 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8439-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1403412

Filename

1403412