Two-stage classification strategy for breast cancer diagnosis using ultrasound-guided diffuse optical tomography and deep learning.

Journal: Journal of biomedical optics
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Abstract

SIGNIFICANCE: Ultrasound (US)-guided diffuse optical tomography (DOT) has demonstrated great potential for breast cancer diagnosis in which real-time or near real-time diagnosis with high accuracy is desired.

Authors

  • Menghao Zhang
    Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, St. Louis, Mis, United States.
  • Shuying Li
    Department of Electronic Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
  • Minghao Xue
    Washington University in St. Louis, Optical and Ultrasound Imaging Lab, Department of Biomedical Engineering, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, United States.
  • Quing Zhu
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Connecticut, 371 Fairfield Way, U-2157, 06269 CT, Storrs, USA.