Photoacoustic Imaging of the Breast Using the Twente Photoacoustic Mammoscope: Present Status and Future Perspectives

Piras, Daniele and Xia, Wenfeng and Steenbergen, Wiendelt and Leeuwen van, Ton G. and Manohar, Srirang (2010) Photoacoustic Imaging of the Breast Using the Twente Photoacoustic Mammoscope: Present Status and Future Perspectives. IEEE Journal on Selected topics in Quantum Electronics, 16 (4). pp. 730-739. ISSN 1077-260X

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Abstract:	The Twente photoacoustic mammoscope (PAM) uses pulsed light at 1064 nm to excite PA signals. Detection is using a planar 590-element ultrasound (US) sensor matrix. Image reconstruction uses a delay-and-sum beamforming algorithm. Measurements are performed in the forward mode, with mild compression of the breast against the detector with US coupling gel. We consolidate the most important specifications of the system. Furthermore, we discuss in detail the results of imaging two cases of infiltrating ductal carcinoma and one case of a cyst. We critically discuss the
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 2010 IEEE
Faculty:	Science and Technology (TNW)
Research Group:	Biomedical Photonic Imaging (BMPI)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/72758
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2034870
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