title: Regional admittivity spectra with tomosynthesis images for breast cancer detection.
abstract: Because the electrical properties of many breast tumors are different from those of surrounding, normal tissue, imaging these properties may provide useful diagnostic information. At the present time, X-ray mammography is the standard imaging modality used for breast cancer screening. The interpretation of EIT imaging is thus enhanced by its use together with x-ray mammography in the same geometry. This paper reports the ability of Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) to localize and distinguish cancers from normal tissues. These findings are confirmed by simultaneous, co-registered 3-D mammograms or tomosynthesis images and are verified with biopsy reports.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA. kaot@rpi.edu
authors.forename: Tzu-Jen
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Boverman
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Isaacson
authors.forename: Gary J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Saulnier
authors.forename: Jonathan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Newell
authors.forename: Richard H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Daniel B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Kopans
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D017097:Electric Impedance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*