?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=SOLUS%3A+An+innovative+multimodal+imaging+system+to+improve+breast+cancer+diagnosis+through+diffuse+optics+and+ultrasounds&rft.creator=Pifferi%2C+A&rft.creator=Dalla+Mora%2C+A&rft.creator=Di+Sieno%2C+L&rft.creator=Ferocino%2C+E&rft.creator=Tosi%2C+A&rft.creator=Conca%2C+E&rft.creator=Sesta%2C+V&rft.creator=Giudice%2C+A&rft.creator=Ruggeri%2C+A&rft.creator=Tisa%2C+S&rft.creator=Flocke%2C+A&rft.creator=Rosinski%2C+B&rft.creator=Dinten%2C+JM&rft.creator=Perriollat%2C+M&rft.creator=Fraschini%2C+C&rft.creator=Sportouche%2C+H&rft.creator=Arridge%2C+S&rft.creator=Di+Sciacca%2C+G&rft.creator=Farina%2C+A&rft.creator=Panizza%2C+P&rft.creator=Venturini%2C+E&rft.creator=Gordebeke%2C+P&rft.creator=Zolda%2C+P&rft.creator=Taroni%2C+P&rft.description=To+improve+non-invasively+the+specificity+in+the+diagnosis+of+breast+cancer+after+a+positive+screening+mammography+or+doubt%2Fsuspicious+ultrasound+examination%2C+the+SOLUS+project+developed+a+multimodal+imaging+system+that+combines%3A+B-mode+ultrasound+(US)+scans+(to+assess+morphology)%2C+Color+Doppler+(to+visualize+vascularization)%2C+shear-wave+elastography+(to+measure+stiffness)%2C+and+time+domain+multi-wavelength+diffuse+optical+tomography+(to+estimate+tissue+composition+in+terms+of+oxy-+and+deoxy-hemoglobin%2C+lipid%2C+water%2C+and+collagen+concentrations).+The+multimodal+probe+arranges+8+innovative+photonic+modules+(optodes)+around+the+US+transducer%2C+providing+capability+for+optical+tomographic+reconstruction.+For+more+accurate+estimate+of+lesion+composition%2C+US-assessed+morphological+priors+can+be+used+to+guide+the+optical+reconstructions.+Each+optode+comprises%3A+i)+8+picosecond+pulsed+laser+diodes+with+different+wavelengths%2C+covering+a+wide+spectral+range+(635-1064+nm)+for+good+probing+of+the+different+tissue+constituents%3B+ii)+a+large-area+(variable%2C+up+to+8.6+mm2)+fast-gated+digital+Silicon+Photomultiplier%3B+iii)+the+acquisition+electronics+to+record+the+distribution+of+time-of-flight+of+the+re-emitted+photons.+The+optode+is+the+basic+element+of+the+optical+part+of+the+system%2C+but+is+also+a+stand-alone%2C+ultra-compact+(about+4+cm3)+device+for+time+domain+multi-wavelength+diffuse+optics%2C+with+potential+application+in+various+fields.&rft.publisher=SPIE&rft.date=2021-01-01&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A++Proceedings+of+Optical+Tomography+and+Spectroscopy+of+Tissue+XIV.++(pp.+116390C).++SPIE%3A+Online+Only.+(2021)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10130481%2F1%2F116390C.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10130481%2F&rft.rights=open