Abstract
Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a new non-invasive, mobile screening method which does not use ionizing radiation to the human breast. It is based on the theory that cancer cells display altered local dielectric properties, thus demonstrating measurably higher conductivity values. This article reviews the utilisation of EIT in breast cancer detection. It could be used as an adjunct to mammography and ultrasonography for breast cancer screening.
Highlights
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women and leading cause of death worldwide, including Malaysia (Loh et al, 2011; Kulakci et al, 2015)
A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the diagnostic efficiency of 3D Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) as compared to Mammography (MG) and Ultrasonography (USG) in imaging the breast (Prasad et al, 2008)
The findings of this study showed that, in combinations Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) + MMG and EIT + USG sensitivity increased to 96% and 98%, respectively
Summary
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women and leading cause of death worldwide, including Malaysia (Loh et al, 2011; Kulakci et al, 2015). To the second group belong diagnostic methods, based on physiology, on the peculiarities of metabolism in breast tissues in norm and pathology These methods include electrical impedance tomography (EIT) (Renata et al, 2012). The value of EIT is based on the diverse electrical storage potential of normal and pathologically changed tissues These differences will allow to image differences in the tissue conductivity and permittivity inferred from the breast tissue electrical measurements. Experimental studies with Electro Impedance Tomography (EIT) have shown that significant changes occur in the electrical properties of breast cancer tissue compared to the surronding normal tissue (Martin et al, 2002; Zou et al, 2003). This observation has led to the proposal that electrical impedance could be used as an indicator for breast cancer detection (Cherepenin et al, 2001; Cherepenin et al, 2002; Athanasiou et al, 2007)
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