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ArticleBiomedical optics express2018

High throughput detection chain for time domain optical mammography.

Edoardo Ferocino, Edoardo Martinenghi, Alberto Dalla Mora, Antonio Pifferi, Rinaldo Cubeddu, Paola Taroni

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Article in Biomedical optics express, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04767659 (Optical Monitoring of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Prediction of Pathological Complete Response in Breast Cancer Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.

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Optical Monitoring of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Prediction of Pathological Complete Response in Breast Cancer Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorIRCCS San RaffaeleRan2020 to 2025Enrolled20ConditionsBreast Cancer Female, Chemotherapy EffectArmsMAMMOT2
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6 authors.

Edoardo FerocinoPolitecnico di Milano, Department of Physics, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133, Milan, Italy.
Edoardo MartinenghiPolitecnico di Milano, Department of Physics, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133, Milan, Italy.
Alberto Dalla MoraPolitecnico di Milano, Department of Physics, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133, Milan, Italy.
Antonio PifferiPolitecnico di Milano, Department of Physics, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133, Milan, Italy.
Rinaldo CubedduPolitecnico di Milano, Department of Physics, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133, Milan, Italy.
Paola TaroniPolitecnico di Milano, Department of Physics, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133, Milan, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A novel detection chain, based on 8 Silicon Photomultipliers (forming a wide-area custom-made detection probe) and on a time-to-digital converter, was developed to improve the signal level in multi-wavelength (635-1060 nm) time domain optical mammography. The performances of individual components and of the overall chain were assessed using established protocols (BIP and MEDPHOT). The photon detection efficiency was improved by up to 3 orders of magnitude, and the maximum count rate level was increased by a factor of 10 when compared to the previous system, based on photomultiplier tubes and conventional time-correlated single-photon counting boards. In the estimate of optical parameters, the novel detection chain provides performances comparable to the previous system, widely validated in clinics, but with higher signal level, higher robustness, and at a lower price per channel, thus targeting important requirements for clinical applications.

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(030.5260) Photon counting(040.6070) Solid state detectors(170.3830) Mammography(170.5280) Photon migration(170.6510) Spectroscopy, tissue diagnostics(170.6920) Time-resolved imaging

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PMID29552410
PMCPMC5854076

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