Sarah Ford | October 3, 2013

Exploring New Imaging Technique to Detect Breast Cancer Early

Prevent Cancer Foundation: New imaging techniques to detect breast cancer earlyEhsan Samei, PhD, is Professor of Radiology, Medical Physics, Physics, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University Medical Center, where he also serves as Director of Carl E. Ravin Advanced Imaging Laboratories and Division Chief of the Clinical Imaging Physics Group. In the spring of 2006, Dr. Samei received a grant from the Prevent Cancer Foundation to research stereo imaging as a new technique for the early detection of breast cancer.

Prevent Cancer Foundation recently caught up with Dr. Samei and asked him to share his research findings and the impact of receiving funding from Prevent Cancer early in his career.

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