What is it about?
The paper provides an review of diffuse optical tomography methods for detecting breast cancer. The emphasis is on the research of Russian research groups. The authors expect the possibility of soonest entry of diffuse optical tomographs for breast cancer detection to the market of medical imaging instrumentation, and the capability of Russian researchers to take part in the competition for this market.
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Why is it important?
Humanity must solve the problem of early diagnosis of breast cancer. And from the point of view of the authors of the review, diffuse optical tomography has good potential for solving this problem.
Perspectives
Method of diffuse optical tomography is already quite well developed. However, there is a limitation in the resolution of the method, which does not allow diffusion tomographs to enter the commercial market. The review outlines the directions for solving this problem. Therefore, from the authors' point of view, diffuse optical mammotomography has good prospects as a method for early detection of cancer.
Dr. Alexander B Konovalov
Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Russian Federal Nuclear Center – Zababakhin All-Russia Research Institute of Technical Physics,” Snezhinsk, Russia
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This page is a summary of: Diffuse optical mammotomography: state-of-the-art and prospects, Journal of Biomedical Photonics & Engineering, January 2016, Samara State Aerospace University,
DOI: 10.18287/jbpe16.02.020202.
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