EIT 40-Electrodes Breast Cancer Detection and Screening
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Sofiene Mansouri
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Department of Biomedical Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
University of Tunis El Manar, Laboratory of Biophysics and Medical Technologies, Higher Institute of Medical Technologies of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Correspondence to: Sofiene Mansouri. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorSouhir Chabchoub
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University of Tunis El Manar, Laboratory of Biophysics and Medical Technologies, Higher Institute of Medical Technologies of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Search for more papers by this authorYousef Alharbi
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Department of Biomedical Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
Search for more papers by this authorAnwar Alshrouf
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Department of Biomedical Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Sofiene Mansouri
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Department of Biomedical Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
University of Tunis El Manar, Laboratory of Biophysics and Medical Technologies, Higher Institute of Medical Technologies of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Correspondence to: Sofiene Mansouri. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorSouhir Chabchoub
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University of Tunis El Manar, Laboratory of Biophysics and Medical Technologies, Higher Institute of Medical Technologies of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Search for more papers by this authorYousef Alharbi
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Department of Biomedical Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
Search for more papers by this authorAnwar Alshrouf
Non-member
Department of Biomedical Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
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In this paper, we presented a new electrical impedance tomography (EIT) method for the early detection of breast cancer. We designed a breast phantom comprising three tumors of different sizes. We tested the reconstruction of the image of this breast using 16, 24, 32 and 40 electrodes. The electrodes were placed according to a static, adapted and dynamic mode. The quality of the reconstruction was carried out by the root mean square error (RMSE). The best result was obtained with 40-electrodes system and dynamic mode. The image reconstruction was improved by a segmentation, an edge detection by Canny filter and a morphological closure filter. This system allowed the detection of a T1 tumor. © 2022 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this paper.
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