About the thesis:

Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer and cancer deaths among women worldwide. Early detection can increase breast cancer survival by allowing doctors to address it when it is most treatable. This PhD dissertation presents various aspects regarding the design and development of a photoacoustic breast imaging system based on computed tomography configuration which promises to be able to detect tumors with high sensitivity and specificity.

About the Author:

Wenfeng Xia was born on March 3rd, 1983 in China. He received his bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from the Shanghai JiaoTong University, in Shanghai, China, in 2005. He obtained his master in science degree in medical physics from University of Heidelberg in 2007. From May 2009 to May 2013, he worked as a Ph.D student in the Biomedical Photonics Imaging group, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands. He was embedded in a research project on the development of the second generation Twente photoacoustic mammoscope based on computed tomography configuration. He focused on the design, realization and evaluation of a highly sensitive broadband detection system specialized for photoacoustic breast tomography.