Estimate of tissue composition in malignant and benign breast lesions by time-domain optical mammography
Estimate of tissue composition in malignant and benign breast lesions by time-domain optical mammography
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DOI:
10.1364/boe.5.003684
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发表时间:
2014-10-01
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3.4
通讯作者:
Taroni, Paola
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作者:
Quarto, Giovanna;Spinelli, Lorenzo;Taroni, Paola
The optical characterization of malignant and benign breast lesions is presented. Time-resolved transmittance measurements were performed in the 630-1060 nm range by means of a 7-wavelength optical mammograph, providing both imaging and spectroscopy information. A total of 62 lesions were analyzed, including 33 malignant and 29 benign lesions. The characterization of breast lesions was performed applying a perturbation model based on the high-order calculation of the pathlength of photons inside the lesion, which led to the assessment of oxy- and deoxy-hemoglobin, lipids, water and collagen concentrations. Significant variations between tumor and healthy tissue were observed in terms of both absorption properties and constituents concentration. In particular, benign lesions and tumors show a statistically significant discrimination in terms of absorption at several wavelengths and also in terms of oxy-hemoglobin and collagen content. (C) 2014 Optical Society of America