Imaging and classification of breast cancer with multimodal PEM-UWB techniques

Author

Conceicao, Raquel C. ; Capote, R.M. ; Oliveira, B.L. ; Glavin, M. ; Jones, E. ; O´Halloran, M.

Author_Institution

Inst. de Biofisica e Eng. Biomed., Univ. de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

fYear

2013

fDate

9-13 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

421

Lastpage

424

Abstract

A multimodal medical imaging technique is proposed to improve breast cancer diagnosis. Initial studies are being pursued in order to optimise breast cancer detection and classification when combining Positron Emission Mammography (PEM) with Ultra Wideband (UWB) radar imaging. In this study, the same numerical breast phantom is simulated for both PEM and UWB, and detection capabilities are compared. Furthermore, small tumours are classified in terms of their shape based on their radar target signatures.

Keywords

cancer; image classification; mammography; medical image processing; phantoms; positron emission tomography; radar imaging; tumours; ultra wideband radar; breast cancer classification; breast cancer detection; breast cancer diagnosis; breast cancer imaging; multimodal PEM-UWB techniques; multimodal medical imaging; numerical breast phantom; positron emission mammography; radar target signatures; tumours; ultrawideband radar imaging; Breast cancer; Imaging; Radar imaging; Shape; Tumors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Torino

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5705-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEAA.2013.6632271

Filename

6632271