Title :
In vivo THz fiber-scanning mammography of early breast cancer in mice
Author :
Chen, Hua ; Chen, Te-Hsuen ; Fu, Shih-Chen ; Lee, Wen-Jeng ; Tseng, Tzu-Fang ; Lu, Jen-Tang ; Tsai, Yuan-Fu ; Huang, Yu-You ; Chuang, Eric Y. ; Hwang, Yuh-Jing ; Sun, Chi-Kung
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
We performed in vivo THz-fiber-scanning transmission imaging study on a subcutaneous xenograft mouse model for early human breast cancer detection. We continuously monitored the growth of human breast cancer in mice. The in vivo study indicates the THz imaging can distinguish cancer cells from the surrounding fatty tissue with a high sensitivity.
Keywords :
biological tissues; cancer; mammography; terahertz wave imaging; cancer cells; human breast cancer detection; mice; subcutaneous xenograft mouse model; tissue; vivo THz fiber-scanning mammography; vivo THz-fiber-scanning transmission imaging; Absorption; Breast cancer; Imaging; In vivo; Mice; Optical fiber amplifiers;
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.2011.6104940
