Abstract

This work considers some experimental details which complement the results of a previous paper concerned with wide field near infrared continuous wave diffuse reflectance optical mammography. Different from the case of phantoms, clinical applications require some transparent interface between the breast and the camera. This interface provides the necessary flat surface to be imaged by the camera. We present an experimental study which compares the performance of the method when such an interface is present, to the case of the exposed phantom’s surface presented in that previous paper. Several index matching materials were also included in the study and a validation using Monte Carlo is presented.

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