Terahertz Reflection Imaging of Paraffin-embedded Human Breast Cancer Samples: Some First Results

Mohamed Boutaayamou, Delphine Cerica, Jacques G. Verly

2020

Abstract

Several studies have shown that terahertz (THz) pulsed imaging has the potential of identifying the margins of human breast cancer in paraffin-embedded tissue samples. Before using this technique for the assessment of cancer margins during breast-conserving surgery, it is important to study the validity and reproducibility of previously published results. In the present paper, we describe some first results in the characterization of paraffin-embedded human breast cancer tissue through THz reflection imaging based on measurements provided by a newly acquired THz time-domain spectrometer. First, we measured the THz reflection impulse response of these samples using this spectrometer. Second, we processed, for one selected breast cancer tissue sample, the recorded data to generate preliminary images of (1) several maps of parameters extracted in the time- and frequency-domains, and (2) a map of the absorbance.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Boutaayamou M., Cerica D. and Verly J. (2020). Terahertz Reflection Imaging of Paraffin-embedded Human Breast Cancer Samples: Some First Results. In Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2020) - Volume 2: BIOIMAGING; ISBN 978-989-758-398-8, SciTePress, pages 200-203. DOI: 10.5220/0009163302000203

in Bibtex Style

@conference{bioimaging20,
author={Mohamed Boutaayamou and Delphine Cerica and Jacques G. Verly},
title={Terahertz Reflection Imaging of Paraffin-embedded Human Breast Cancer Samples: Some First Results},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2020) - Volume 2: BIOIMAGING},
year={2020},
pages={200-203},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009163302000203},
isbn={978-989-758-398-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2020) - Volume 2: BIOIMAGING
TI - Terahertz Reflection Imaging of Paraffin-embedded Human Breast Cancer Samples: Some First Results
SN - 978-989-758-398-8
AU - Boutaayamou M.
AU - Cerica D.
AU - Verly J.
PY - 2020
SP - 200
EP - 203
DO - 10.5220/0009163302000203
PB - SciTePress