Summary
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Breast cancer is the most widely diagnosed cancer in women in the United States and the most commonly occurring cancer worldwide according to the World Health Organization. The primary screening method for non- palpable breast cancers is X-ray mammography, which uses ionizing radiation and often has low sensitivity and specificity in dense breast tissue. Ultrasound tomography (UST) offers a radiation- and compression-free alternative to X-ray mammography that can image the breast based on its acoustic properties and enable early cancer detection and diagnosis with gre
