How the Breast Cancer Optical System Works (IMAGE)

Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

How the Breast Cancer Optical System Works

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These series of images are cross sections of a breast with a tumor, taken during a breath hold. As a patient holds their breath, the blood concentration increases by up to 10 percent (seen in red). Researchers at Columbia found that analyzing the increase and decrease in blood concentrations inside a tumor could help them determine which patients would respond to chemotherapy.

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Andreas Hielscher/Columbia Engineering

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