Objectives

• To develop a high resolution ultrasound imaging system for the early detection of breast cancer. This system will combine pulsed computed tomography (UCT) for the quantitative characterization of tissue density and compressibility, as well as ultrasound scatter imaging for determining tissue directivity patterns
• To use pulsed beams of ultrasound and apply digital signal processing techniques from the relatively new field of wavelet analysis as a way of improving the quality (contrast and resolution) of ultrasound images
• To initiate a new research program in ultrasound imaging at the BCCRC with the intent of developing clinically-viable technologies

Top of Page	Prev (2 of 9) Next

URL: http://www.bccrc.ca/ci/bc01_objectives.html
The BC Cancer Agency Research Centre is the research arm of the BC Cancer Agency (BCCA),
and is supported by the BC Cancer Foundation.
This page was last modified at 3:00am on May 1, 2001
© 1999-2008. BC Cancer Agency. All rights reserved.
About this website...