Ultrasonic Stimulated Acoustic Emission for Detection of Breast Microcalcifications

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to develop an experimental imaging system based on Ultrasound Stimulated Acoustic Emission (USAE) for detecting microcalcifications in human breast tissue specimens. The scope of this research is to improve the laboratory USAE system and evaluate its performance on breast tissue specimens containing microcalcifications. The first task of this research is focused on system development and optimization for detection of beast microcalcifications. The second task is centered on imaging breast tissues and evaluating the performance of USAE method in detection of microcalcifications. Here we report our progress on imaging tissue samples (Task 2). Results show that USAE can detect microcalcifications in various pathological conditions. We also report recent improvements in our experimental system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA398384

Entities

People

  • Mostafa Fatemi

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Emissions
  • Acoustic Images
  • Acoustics
  • Biomedical Research
  • Breast Cancer
  • Carcinoma
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Elastic Properties
  • Health Services
  • Imaging Techniques
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Neoplasms
  • Standing Waves
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Physics

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  • Oncology and Biomarker-Based Cancer Detection.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.