Numerical simulation of thermograpy for breast tumor detection

Hong-qin Yang; Qing-yuan Lin; Zhen Ye; Shu-qiang Chen; Shu-sen Xie

doi:10.1117/12.762955

14 February 2008 Numerical simulation of thermograpy for breast tumor detection

Hong-qin Yang, Qing-yuan Lin, Zhen Ye, Shu-qiang Chen, Shu-sen Xie

Proceedings Volume 6850, Multimodal Biomedical Imaging III; 685011 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.762955
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2008, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

A multi-dimensional thermal model was presented to explore the relationship between an embedded tumor and the resulting temperature distributions on the breast surface on purpose to be an adjunct tool for interpreting thermograms. Steady-state temperature distributions on the skin of the breast were attained by numerically solving the heat diffusion equation. The numerical results show that the temperature distributions in the thermal images of breast tumor can be significantly influenced by surface air flow and environmental temperature. Furthermore, the simulated results also show that thermography do not have sufficient sensitivity for detection of a small tumor in deeper region. Finally, the feasibility and limitations of capturing tumor information by infrared thermal imaging is discussed. Our study shows that the heat patterns over breasts can be well simulated with this comprehensive thermal model, which may be helpful for the doctor to interpret the thermograms.

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Hong-qin Yang, Qing-yuan Lin, Zhen Ye, Shu-qiang Chen, and Shu-sen Xie "Numerical simulation of thermograpy for breast tumor detection", Proc. SPIE 6850, Multimodal Biomedical Imaging III, 685011 (14 February 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.762955

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