Title :
A novel optically guided ultrasound imaging system
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Radiol., Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia, PA
Abstract :
This study investigates the potential use of combining near infrared diffuse light and ultrasound methods for early detection of small breast tumors. A novel imaging system which combines these two methods is introduced here. Preliminary evaluations using human observers have shown that detection of a few mm object in a highly specked ultrasound image is improved from guessing to 100% certainty when the optical localization information about the object is given
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; biomedical ultrasonics; infrared imaging; laser applications in medicine; speckle; few mm object detection; highly specked ultrasound image; human observers; laser diode transmitters; medical diagnostic imaging; medical instrumentation; near infrared diffuse light; optical localization information; optically guided ultrasound imaging system; small breast tumors detection; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical optical imaging; Blood; Breast neoplasms; Humans; Infrared detectors; Light scattering; Optical imaging; Optical scattering; Ultrasonic imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Ultrasonics Symposium, 1996. Proceedings., 1996 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3615-1
DOI :
10.1109/ULTSYM.1996.584295
