An Investigation Into Dielectric Assessment of Permittivity and Cancer in Human Using a Novel Electrical Capacitance Tomography Scanner
The goal of this observational study is to investigate the ability of a the Z-scanner to identify and differentiate cancer and benign lesions from healthy breast tissue based on permittivity. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Determine the permittivity values of the Z-scanner associated with healthy, benign, and malignant tissue in human breasts.
Determine the repeatability, reproducibility, inter-and intra-operator variability of the Z-scanner.
- EligibilityCriteria: Inclusion Criteria:  Attending a symptomatic clinic or other appointment at a participating breast clinic site Assigned female sex at time of birth Aged 18 years or older at time of scan Willing, able and mentally competent to read, understand, and provided informed consent in English  Exclusion Criteria:  Participants who have undergone biopsy less than 14 days before the Z-scanner scan Participants with implanted electronics Participants with breast implants Participants with nipple piercings (unless they are removed prior to the scan) Participants who are lactating Pregnant participants by verbal confirmation Participants with pacemakers Participants with open breast wound Participants who had previous breast surgery (mastectomy, lumpectomy) - HealthyVolunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers - Gender: Female - MinimumAge: 18 Years - StdAgeList: Adult, Older Adult - StudyPopulation: 20 healthy participants 35 participants with benign lesions 35 participants with malignant lesions - SamplingMethod: Non-Probability Sample