Energy Dispersive X-Ray Diffraction System as a Promising Virtual Biopsy in Mammography

Fanny Marticke (1, 2, 3) , Guillaume Montémont (2) , Caroline Paulus (2) , Jerome I. Mars (1) , Olivier Michel (3) , Loick Verger (2)

1 GIPSA-SIGMAPHY - GIPSA - Signal Images Physique
2 CEA-LETI - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives - Laboratoire d'Electronique et de Technologie de l'Information
3 GIPSA-CICS - GIPSA - Communication Information and Complex Systems

X-ray diffraction is a powerful technique to provide information on the molecular structure of samples. Thanks to this property, it has been found to be useful in different fields of applications such as security check and cancer research, especially breast cancer. A diffraction imaging might bemore specific than conventional mammography, especially to distinguish dense healthy fibroglandular tissues from carcinoma.Hence, the idea is to realize a virtual biopsy using Xray diffraction rather than a breast biopsy if mammography outcome is unsure.

Domaines: Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]

Fanny Marticke, Guillaume Montémont, Caroline Paulus, Jerome I. Mars, Olivier Michel, et al.. Energy Dispersive X-Ray Diffraction System as a Promising Virtual Biopsy in Mammography. NSS/MIC 2015 - IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct 2015, San Diego, Californie, United States. ⟨hal-01246708⟩