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ReviewEuropean journal of radiology2020

A review of optical breast imaging: Multi-modality systems for breast cancer diagnosis.

Quing Zhu, Steven Poplack

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Review in European journal of radiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Convolutional-transformer fusion of ultrasound and diffuse optical tomography for breast lesion classification.Computerized medical imaging and graphics : the official journal of the Computerized Medical Imaging Society · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Quing ZhuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St Louis, MO 63130, United States; Department of Radiology, Washington University in St Louis, MO 63110, United States. Electronic address: zhu.q@wustl.edu.
Steven PoplackDepartment of Radiology, Washington University in St Louis, MO 63110, United States. Electronic address: poplack@wustl.edu.

Funding

Near Infrared Diffused Light Imaging with Ultrasound Guidance: Predicting Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy ResponseR01EB002136 · NIBIB · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI ZHU, QUING · 2003 to 2016
$3.4M
Improving diagnostic US for reduction of benign breast biopsies using US-guided Optical TomographyR01CA228047 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI POPLACK, STEVEN, ZHU, QUING · 2019 to 2023
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA228047NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB002136
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review of optical breast imaging describes basic physical and system principles and summarizes technological evolution with a focus on multi-modality platforms and recent clinical trial results. Ultrasound-guided diffuse optical tomography and co-registered ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging systems are emphasized as models of state of the art optical technology that are most conducive to clinical translation.

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BreastBreast NeoplasmsFemaleHumansTomography, OpticalUltrasonography, MammaryBreast cancer diagnosisCo-registered digital breast tomosynthesis –diffused optical tomographyCo-registered MRI – diffused optical tomographyPhotoacoustic imagingUltrasound-guided diffuse optical tomography

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PMID32497943
PMCPMC7584342

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