Academic Radiology
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 859-866 , July 2008

Phase-Contrast Diffuse Optical Tomography: Pilot Results in the Breast

  • Xiaoping Liang, MS

      Affiliations

    • J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 130 BME Building/PO Box 116131, Gainesville, FL 32611
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  • Qizhi Zhang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 130 BME Building/PO Box 116131, Gainesville, FL 32611
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  • Changqing Li, PhD

      Affiliations

    • J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 130 BME Building/PO Box 116131, Gainesville, FL 32611
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  • Stephen R. Grobmyer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
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  • Laurie L. Fajardo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242.
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  • Huabei Jiang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 130 BME Building/PO Box 116131, Gainesville, FL 32611
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: H.J.

Received 28 August 2007 ,Accepted 22 January 2008.

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1 This work was supported in part by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (R01 CA090533).

PII: S1076-6332(08)00108-6

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.01.028

Academic Radiology
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 859-866 , July 2008

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