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Fig. 21 | Cancer Imaging

Fig. 21

From: What scans we will read: imaging instrumentation trends in clinical oncology

Fig. 21

Multispectral Optoacoustics Tomography (MSOT) Imaging of breast cancer: (a) X-ray mammography image reveals a  > 4 cm, subcutaneous, non-specific breast tumour; the yellow box indicates the field-of-view of MSOT ; (b) MSOT image of Hb and HbO2 obtained from the box in (a); increased blood volume is indicated by the yellow arrows; (c) Total blood volume assessed by MSOT is indicative of hyperemia in the tumour area; (d) Relative lipid concentration assessed by MSOT demonstrates disruption of fat layer in the tumour area (arrow); (e) relative water concentration assessed by (MSOT). (reproduced from [200] with permission from AACR Publications)

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