Microwave Radiothermometry (9GHz) Applied To Breast Cancer

M. Gautherie; A. Mamouni; M. Samsel; J. L. Guerquin-Kern; Y. Leroy; Ch. Gros

doi:10.1117/12.958372

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29 May 1980 Microwave Radiothermometry (9GHz) Applied To Breast Cancer

M. Gautherie, A. Mamouni, M. Samsel, J. L. Guerquin-Kern, Y. Leroy, Ch. Gros

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Proceedings Volume 0211, Optics and Photonics Applied to Medicine; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.958372
Event: Optics, Photonics, and Iconics Engineering Meeting, 1979, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

Radiothermometric investigations have been carried out on breast cancer patients and on patients with tumors of various localizations and histologic types (liver,thyrold,...) (55 cases), by means of a high sensitivity hyperfrequency radiometer operating at 9GHz.The findings were analyzed as follow: (a) comparison between microwave thermal mapping and infrared thermography; (b) correlations with various morphologic and thermal parameters (depth and size oftumor thermal conductivity, vascularization and x-ray structures of tissues). Microwave radiometry seems to be able to provide significant information on meta-bolism and thermal conditions of subcutaneous tumor tissue, especially under those clinical situations where infrared thermography does not work.

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M. Gautherie, A. Mamouni, M. Samsel, J. L. Guerquin-Kern, Y. Leroy, and Ch. Gros "Microwave Radiothermometry (9GHz) Applied To Breast Cancer", Proc. SPIE 0211, Optics and Photonics Applied to Medicine, (29 May 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.958372

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