A novel synthetic aperture technique for breast tomography with toroidal arrays

F. Simonetti; L. Huang

doi:10.1117/12.811528

13 March 2009 A novel synthetic aperture technique for breast tomography with toroidal arrays

F. Simonetti, L. Huang

Proceedings Volume 7265, Medical Imaging 2009: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing; 72650Y (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.811528
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2009, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando Area), Florida, United States

Abstract

Ultrasound is commonly used as an adjunct to mammography for diagnostic evaluation of suspicions arising from breast cancer screening. As an alternative to conventional sonography that uses hand-held transducers, toroidal array probes that encircle the breast immersed in a water bath have been investigated for ultrasound tomography. This paper introduces a new method for three-dimensional synthetic aperture diffraction tomography that maximizes the resolution in the scanning direction and provides quantitative reconstructions of the acoustic properties of the object. The method is validated by means of numerical simulations.

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F. Simonetti and L. Huang "A novel synthetic aperture technique for breast tomography with toroidal arrays", Proc. SPIE 7265, Medical Imaging 2009: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing, 72650Y (13 March 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.811528

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