WE-FG-207A-01: Introduction to Dedicated Breast CT - Early Studies

• Published in: Medical physics (Lancaster) Vol. 43; no. 6; pp. 3829 - 3830
• Main Author: Vedantham, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Association of Physicists in Medicine 01.06.2016
• Subjects: 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; ANIMAL TISSUES; BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; Cancer; CLINICAL TRIALS; Cone beam computed tomography; Dosimetry; Image detection systems; Image sensors; MAMMARY GLANDS; Mammography; NEOPLASMS; NMR IMAGING; PLANT TISSUES; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; SCREENING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; Stereoscopy; Tissues; X RADIATION

Mammography-based screening has been a valuable imaging tool for the early detection of non-palpable lesions and has contributed to significant reduction in breast cancer associated mortality. However, the breast imaging community recognizes that mammography is not ideal, and in particular is inferi...