Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kruger, R A
• Kopecky, K K
• Aisen, A M
• Reinecke, D R
• Kruger, G A
• Kiser, Jr, W L

Titel

Thermoacoustic CT with radio waves: a medical imaging paradigm

Ist Teil von

• Radiology, 1999-04, Vol.211 (1), p.275-278

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

1999

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The authors evaluated images obtained with a prototypic thermoacoustic computed tomographic (CT) scanner constructed for use at 434 MHz, a promising radio frequency for detecting breast cancer. In one excised porcine kidney, acoustic energy emanating from the kidney was detected with transducers. The resultant electric signals were used to create a three-dimensional data set. Two-dimensional images reconstructed in multiple planes were compared with state-of-the-art T1- and T2-weighted magnetic resonance images. The renal outline, parenchyma, and collecting system were clearly delineated on the thermoacoustic CT images.