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Breast Cancer
Studies conducted at N. Irishina et al on breast cancer recently published
June 18th, 2009
"In this paper, we propose and analyze a novel shape reconstruction technique for the early detection of breast cancer from microwave data, which is based on a level-set technique. The shape-based approach offers several advantages compared to more traditional pixel-based approaches when targeting the reconstruction of key characteristics of a hidden tumor such as its correct size, shape, and static permittivity value," scientists in Leganes, Spain report. "In addition to these key characteristics of hidden tumors, we aim at estimating the correct interfaces between fatty and fibroglandular tissue in the breast and their internal permittivity profiles. The level set...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-06-18)
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