Vohra, Nagma, Tyler Bowman, Paola M. Diaz, Narasimhan Rajaram, Keith Bailey, and Magda El-Shenawee. "Pulsed terahertz reflection imaging of tumors in a spontaneous model of breast cancer." Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express 4, no. 6 (2018): 065025.
Abstract
We report the use of reflection-mode terahertz (THz) imaging in a transgenic mouse model of breast cancer. Unlike tumor xenografts that are grown from established cell lines, these tumors were spontaneously generated in the mammary fat pad of mice, and are a better representation of human breast cancer. THz imaging results from 7 tumors that recapitulate the compartmental complexity of breast cancer are presented here. Imaging was first performed on freshly excised tumors within an hour of excision and then repeated after fixation with formalin and paraffin. These THz images were then compared with histopathology to determine reflection-mode signals from specific regions within tumor. Our results demonstrate that the THz signal was consistently higher in cancerous tissue compared with fat, muscle, and fibrous tissue. Almost all tumors presented in this work demonstrated advanced stages where cancer infiltrated other tissues like fat and fibrous stroma. As the first known THz investigation in a transgenic model, these results hold promise for THz imaging at different stages of breast cancer.
for full paper see https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2057-1976/aae699/meta
Abstract
We report the use of reflection-mode terahertz (THz) imaging in a transgenic mouse model of breast cancer. Unlike tumor xenografts that are grown from established cell lines, these tumors were spontaneously generated in the mammary fat pad of mice, and are a better representation of human breast cancer. THz imaging results from 7 tumors that recapitulate the compartmental complexity of breast cancer are presented here. Imaging was first performed on freshly excised tumors within an hour of excision and then repeated after fixation with formalin and paraffin. These THz images were then compared with histopathology to determine reflection-mode signals from specific regions within tumor. Our results demonstrate that the THz signal was consistently higher in cancerous tissue compared with fat, muscle, and fibrous tissue. Almost all tumors presented in this work demonstrated advanced stages where cancer infiltrated other tissues like fat and fibrous stroma. As the first known THz investigation in a transgenic model, these results hold promise for THz imaging at different stages of breast cancer.
for full paper see https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2057-1976/aae699/meta
… Experimental Terahertz Imaging System. Terahertz imaging in
this work is performed
using a commercial THz system from TeraView, Ltd shown in the diagram in Fig. 2a. An
800 nm pulse from a Ti:Sapphire laser is passed through a beam splitter …
using a commercial THz system from TeraView, Ltd shown in the diagram in Fig. 2a. An
800 nm pulse from a Ti:Sapphire laser is passed through a beam splitter …
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