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A simplified model of mammography geometry for breast cancer imaging with electrical impedance tomography

  • Myoung H. Choi
  • , Tzu Jen Kao
  • , David Isaacson
  • , Gary J. Saulnier
  • , Jonathan C. Newell
  • Kangwon National University
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Abstract

One recent application area of EIT is the detection of breast cancer by imaging the conductivity and the permittivity distribution inside the breast. The present "gold standard" for breast cancer detection is X-ray mammography, and it is desirable that the EIT and the X-ray mammography use the same geometry. This paper presents a simplified model of the mammography geometry for EIT imaging. The mammography geometry is modeled as a rectangular box with electrode arrays on the top and bottom planes. A forward model for the electrical impedance imaging problem is derived for the homogeneous conductivity distribution and validated by experiment using a phantom tank. The effect of unmodeled surface on the sides of the electrodes is studied.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1310-1313
Number of pages4
JournalAnnual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
Volume26 II
StatePublished - 2004
EventConference Proceedings - 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2004 - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: Sep 1 2004Sep 5 2004

Keywords

  • Breast cancer
  • EIT
  • Electrical impedance
  • Mammography

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