Background: Many methods can quantitatively assess limb lymphedema, but methods to assess breast edema/lymphedema are quite limited. Thus, there is a need for a convenient and accurate way to quantify and track changes in this condition. Herein, breast tissue dielectric constant (TDC) values that depend on tissue water were used to obtain reference TDC values and interbreast TDC ratios.

中文翻译：

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乳腺组织介电常数作为潜在的乳腺水肿评估参数


背景：许多方法可以定量评估肢体淋巴水肿，但评估乳房水肿/淋巴水肿的方法相当有限。因此，需要一种方便且准确的方法来量化和跟踪这种情况的变化。在此，使用取决于组织水的乳房组织介电常数（TDC）值来获得参考TDC值和乳房间TDC比率。