ArticleScientific reports2021
Terahertz refractive index-based morphological dilation for breast carcinoma delineation.
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- Terahertz Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection in Animal Models: A Literature Review with Narrative Synthesis.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
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- Biomedical application of terahertz imaging technology: a narrative review.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2023Review
- Triage ofBiomedical optics express · 2023Article
- Deep neural network classification of in vivo burn injuries with different etiologies using terahertz time-domain spectral imaging.Biomedical optics express · 2022Article
- Supervised machine learning for automatic classification of in vivo scald and contact burn injuries using the terahertz Portable Handheld Spectral Reflection (PHASR) Scanner.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Terahertz Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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Abstract
This paper reports investigations led on the combination of the refractive index and morphological dilation to enhance performances towards breast tumour margin delineation during conserving surgeries. The refractive index map of invasive ductal and lobular carcinomas were constructed from an inverse electromagnetic problem. Morphological dilation combined with refractive index thresholding was conducted to classify the tissue regions as malignant or benign. A histology routine was conducted to evaluate the performances of various dilation geometries associated with different thresholds. It was found that the combination of a wide structuring element and high refractive index was improving the correctness of tissue classification in comparison to other configurations or without dilation. The method reports a sensitivity of around 80% and a specificity of 82% for the best case. These results indicate that combining the fundamental optical properties of tissues denoted by their refractive index with morphological dilation may open routes to define supporting procedures during breast-conserving surgeries.
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