Victor V. Chernomordik National Institutes of Health (Israel) David W. Hattery National Institutes of Health (United States) Dirk Grosenick,Heidrun Wabnitz,Herbert H. Rinneberg Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Germany) K. Thomas Moesta,Peter M. Schlag Humboldt Univ. (Germany) Amir H. Gandjbakhche National Institutes of Health (Israel)
For the first time we use a random walk methodology based on time-dependent contrast functions to quantify the optical properties of breast tumors (invasive ductal carcinoma) of two patients. Previously this theoretical approach was successfully applied for analysis of embedded objects in several phantoms. Data analysis was performed on distributions of times of flight for photons transmitted through the breast which were recorded in vivo using a time-domain scanning mammograph at 670 and 785 nm. The size of the tumors, their optical properties, and those of the surrounding tissue were reconstructed at both wavelengths. The tumors showed increased absorption and scattering. From the absorption coefficients at both wavelengths blood oxygen saturation was estimated for the tumors and the surrounding tissue.
Victor V. Chernomordik, David W. Hattery, Dirk Grosenick, Heidrun Wabnitz, Herbert H. Rinneberg, K. Thomas Moesta, Peter M. Schlag, Amir H. Gandjbakhche, "Quantification of optical properties of a breast tumor using random walk theory," J. Biomed. Opt. 7(1) (1 January 2002)