Characterizing the contribution of cardiac and hepatic uptake in dedicated breast SPECT using tilted trajectories

• Published in: Physics in medicine & biology Vol. 55; no. 16; pp. 4721 - 4734
• Main Authors: Perez, K L, Cutler, S J, Madhav, P, Tornai, M P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England IOP Publishing 21.08.2010
• Subjects: Breast - pathology; Breast - radiation effects; Heart - radiation effects; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Liver - pathology; Liver - radiation effects; Myocardium - pathology; Phantoms, Imaging; Reproducibility of Results; Technetium - pharmacokinetics; Tissue Distribution; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon - methods

A small field of view, high resolution gamma camera has been integrated into a dedicated breast, single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) device. The detector can be flexibly positioned relative to the breast and image beyond the chest wall, allowing the system to capture direct views of t...