A 3D electrical impedance tomography (EIT) system for breast cancerdetection

V Cherepenin; A Karpov; A Korjenevsky; V Kornienko; A Mazaletskaya; D Mazourov; D Meister

doi:10.1088/0967-3334/22/1/302

Physiological Measurement

A 3D electrical impedance tomography (EIT) system for breast cancer detection

V Cherepenin¹, A Karpov², A Korjenevsky¹, V Kornienko¹, A Mazaletskaya³, D Mazourov⁴ and D Meister⁵

Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
Physiological Measurement, Volume 22, Number 1 Citation V Cherepenin et al 2001 Physiol. Meas. 22 9 DOI 10.1088/0967-3334/22/1/302

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¹ Institute of Radio-Engineering and Electronics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

² Clinical Hospital No 9, Yaroslavl, Russia

³ Yaroslavl State University, Russia

⁴ Regional Oncological Hospital, Yaroslavl, Russia

⁵ Technology Commercialization International, Inc., Albuquerque, NM, USA

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Received 12 December 2000

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Abstract

A medical device which allows imaging of the distribution of conductivity in 3D in regions below the skin surface has been developed and tested. Its purpose is to enable early detection and preliminary diagnosis of breast tumours. Design of the measuring system and software are described. Results of clinical evaluation of the system are presented. EIT images of healthy and cancerous breasts are presented and discussed. The system is able to visualize various states of the breast and it may be possible to apply it to breast cancer detection.

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