Holographic interferometry for early detection of breast cancer

Author

Hong, HyunDae ; Sheffer, Daniel B. ; Loughry, C. William

Author_Institution

Biosterometrics Lab., Akron City Hosp., Akron, OH, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

31 Oct-3 Nov 1996

Firstpage

189

Abstract

For noninvasive early detection of nonpalpable breast tumors, a system using holographic interferometry was developed. The technique described couples application of mild changes in pneumatic pressure to the breast-thorax region while double exposure holograms are taken. Preliminary results demonstrate that fringe pattern abnormalities derived from the interferograms correlate to inclusions within breast models and breast lesions within human subjects

Keywords

biomedical imaging; holographic interferometry; laser applications in medicine; breast cancer; breast lesions; breast-thorax region; changes in pneumatic pressure; double exposure holograms; fringe pattern abnormalities; holographic interferometry; human subjects; inclusions within breast models; noninvasive early detection; nonpalpable breast tumors; pulsed ruby laser; triggering circuit; Breast cancer; Breast neoplasms; Breast tumors; Cancer detection; Diseases; Holography; Humans; Interferometry; Lesions; Surface reconstruction;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3811-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1996.656910

Filename

656910