Comparison of optoacoustic tomography with ultrasound and x-ray imaging for breast cancer detection

Kirill V. Larin; O. Hartrumpf; Irina V. Larina; Rinat O. Esenaliev

doi:10.1117/12.429301

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15 June 2001 Comparison of optoacoustic tomography with ultrasound and x-ray imaging for breast cancer detection

Kirill V. Larin, O. Hartrumpf, Irina V. Larina, Rinat O. Esenaliev

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Proceedings Volume 4256, Biomedical Optoacoustics II; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.429301
Event: BiOS 2001 The International Symposium on Biomedical Optics, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States

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This paper is devoted to comparison new optoacoustic tomography with conventional breast tumors diagnostic techniques such as ultrasonography and X-ray radiography. Experiments were performed in phantoms simulating breast with tumors. The fundamental harmonic of Q-switched Nd:YAG laser (λ = 1064 nm) was used to generate optoacoustic pressure waves. Laser induced pressure waves were detected by a wide-band acoustic transducer. Digital oscilloscope controlled by PC was used to store and process optoacoustic signals. Gelatin phantoms with controlled optical parameters were prepared to simulate breast with tumors. Absorbing volumes colored with naphthol green and hemoglobin were embedded in the gelatin phantoms to model the breast tumors with increased optical absorption. Optoacoustic pressure waves form the phantoms were detected at different angles and 2D images were reconstructed. Comparison of optoacoustic images with images obtained with ultrasound and X-ray techniques proved that optoacoustic method has substantially higher contrast and resolution. Obtained results confirm that laser optoacoustic imaging technique can be an important tool for early breast cancer detection with tumors less than 5 mm in diameter.

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Kirill V. Larin, O. Hartrumpf, Irina V. Larina, and Rinat O. Esenaliev "Comparison of optoacoustic tomography with ultrasound and x-ray imaging for breast cancer detection", Proc. SPIE 4256, Biomedical Optoacoustics II, (15 June 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.429301

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