Review of optical breast imaging and spectroscopy

D Grosenick, H Rinneberg… - Journal of biomedical …, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Diffuse optical imaging and spectroscopy of the female breast is an area of active research.
We review the present status of this field and discuss the broad range of methodologies and …

Clinical implications of near-infrared fluorescence imaging in cancer

N Kosaka, M Ogawa, PL Choyke, H Kobayashi - Future oncology, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence cancer imaging is a growing field for both preclinical and
clinical application to the clinical management for cancer patients due to its advantageous …

Visualizing breast cancer using the Twente photoacoustic mammoscope: what do we learn from twelve new patient measurements?

M Heijblom, D Piras, W Xia, JCG Van Hespen… - Optics express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
We acquired images of breast malignancies using the Twente photoacoustic mammoscope
(PAM), to obtain more information about the clinical feasibility and limitations of …

Digital optical tomography system for dynamic breast imaging

ML Flexman, MA Khalil, R Al Abdi… - … of biomedical optics, 2011 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Diffuse optical tomography has shown promising results as a tool for breast cancer
screening and monitoring response to chemotherapy. Dynamic imaging of the transient …

Optical biomarkers for breast cancer derived from dynamic diffuse optical tomography

ML Flexman, HK Kim, JE Gunther… - … of biomedical optics, 2013 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Diffuse optical tomography (DOT) is a noninvasive, nonionizing imaging modality that uses
near-infrared light to visualize optically relevant chromophores. A recently developed …

Ultrasound-guided laser-induced thermal therapy for small palpable invasive breast carcinomas: a feasibility study

S Van Esser, G Stapper, PJ Van Diest… - Annals of surgical …, 2009 - Springer
Background The next step in breast-conserving surgery for small breast carcinomas could
be local ablation. In this study, the feasibility of ultrasound-guided laser-induced thermal …

Imaging tumor vascularization for detection and diagnosis of breast cancer

M Heijblom, JM Klaase… - … in cancer research …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Breast cancer is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in western women.
Current screening and diagnostic imaging modalities, like x-ray mammography and …

A new optical imaging probe targeting αVβ3 integrin in glioblastoma xenografts

S Lanzardo, L Conti, C Brioschi… - Contrast media & …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
αVβ3 Integrins are a widely recognized target for in vivo molecular imaging of pathological
conditions such as inflammation, cancer and rheumatoid arthritis. We have evaluated the …

Self-referencing optical measurement for breast cancer detection

RL Barbour, RM Al Abdi - US Patent 9,724,489, 2017 - Google Patents
Optical data is obtained from a pair of breasts, employing a simultaneous bilateral
referencing protocol, and is Subse quently analyzed employing a self-referencing data …

Diffuse optical tomography for breast cancer imaging guided by computed tomography: A feasibility study

R Baikejiang, W Zhang, C Li - Journal of X-ray Science and …, 2017 - content.iospress.com
Diffuse optical tomography (DOT) has attracted attentions in the last two decades due to its
intrinsic sensitivity in imaging chromophores of tissues such as hemoglobin, water, and lipid …