title: Imaging results of multi-modal ultrasound computerized tomography system designed for breast diagnosis.
abstract: Nowadays, in the era of common computerization, transmission and reflection methods are intensively developed in addition to improving classical ultrasound methods (US) for imaging of tissue structure, in particular ultrasound transmission tomography UTT (analogous to computed tomography CT which uses X-rays) and reflection tomography URT (based on the synthetic aperture method used in radar imaging techniques). This paper presents and analyses the results of ultrasound transmission tomography imaging of the internal structure of the female breast biopsy phantom CIRS Model 052A and the results of the ultrasound reflection tomography imaging of a wire sample. Imaging was performed using a multi-modal ultrasound computerized tomography system developed with the participation of a private investor. The results were compared with the results of imaging obtained using dual energy CT, MR mammography and conventional US method. The obtained results indicate that the developed UTT and URT methods, after the acceleration of the scanning process, thus enabling in vivo examination, may be successfully used for detection and detailed characterization of breast lesions in women.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Electronics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland. Electronic address: krzysztof.opielinski@pwr.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Krzysztof J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Opieliński
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Electronics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland. Electronic address: piotr.pruchnicki@pwr.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pruchnicki
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Electronics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland. Electronic address: tadeusz.gudra@pwr.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Tadeusz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gudra
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland. Electronic address: przemyslaw.podgorski@umed.wroc.pl.
authors.forename: Przemysław
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Podgórski
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland. Electronic address: jacek.kurcz@umed.wroc.pl.
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kurcz
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kraśnicki
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland. Electronic address: marek.sasiadek@umed.wroc.pl.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sąsiadek
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Telecommunications, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Technology and Life Sciences, Bydgoszcz, Poland. Electronic address: jaromaj@mail.utp.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Jarosław
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Majewski
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Breast cancer; Breast imaging; Computed tomography (CT); Magnetic resonance (MR) mammography; Ultrasonic B-mode imaging (US); Ultrasound computed tomography (USCT)