Contrast-enhanced cone-beam breast-CT (CBBCT): clinical performance compared to mammography and MRI

S Wienbeck, U Fischer, S Luftner-Nagel, J Lotz… - European …, 2018 - Springer
… Mammography (MG) is the only breast imaging method affecting breast cancer mortality in
quality-assured screening programs [1,2,3]. Nevertheless, a relevant limitation of MG is the …

Evaluation of the spatial resolution characteristics of a conebeam breast CT scanner

ALC Kwan, JM Boone, K Yang, SY Huang - Medical physics, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… resolution of a prototype pendant-geometry cone-beam breast computed tomography (CT)
system. … of acquisition and reconstruction parameters for clinical breast imaging applications. …

Review of clinical studies and first clinical experiences with a commercially available cone-beam breast CT in Europe

S Wienbeck, J Lotz, U Fischer - Clinical imaging, 2017 - Elsevier
… The dedicated cone-beam breast computed tomography (CBBCT) is a new and promising
imaging modality which provides isotropic, 3D images of the breast with high spatial and …

Contrast-enhanced cone-beam breast-CT: analysis of optimal acquisition time for discrimination of breast lesion malignancy

J Uhlig, U Fischer, A Surov, J Lotz… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
… The dedicated cone-beam breast-CT (CBBCT) is a novel breast imaging technique providing
isotropic 3D images with high spatial and contrast resolution [6]. In general, the breast CT …

A comprehensive analysis of coefficients for pendant‐geometry conebeam breast computed tomography

JM Boone, N Shah, TR Nelson - Medical physics, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
… for breast imaging has been proposed by several investigators. In this study, the radiation
dose due to breast … of parameters pertinent to the cone-beam pendant geometry thought to be …

[HTML][HTML] Contrast enhancement on cone-beam breast-CT for discrimination of breast cancer immunohistochemical subtypes

J Uhlig, U Fischer, E von Fintel, V Stahnke… - Translational …, 2017 - Elsevier
… of breast cancer subtypes. Cone-beam breast-CT (CBBCT) is a novel breast imaging
technique, utilizing a dedicated flat-panel CT for acquisition of true breast 3D images [12], [13]. …

Cone beam breast CT with a flat panel detector-simulation, implementation and demonstration

CC Shaw, L Chen, MC Altunbas, S Tu… - … IEEE Engineering in …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… Our simulation study has shown that the cone-beam CT breast imaging can provide reasonable
good quality and detectability at a dose level similar to that of two views mammography. …

An in vitro evaluation of cone-beam breast CT methods

K Zeng, LL Fajardo, S Kao, EA Franken… - Journal of X-ray …, 2008 - content.iospress.com
… For that purpose, the projection datasets are acquired in both numerical simulation and
phantom experiments on our breast imaging platform. Three kinds of phantoms are used in our …

Dual resolution cone beam breast CT: A feasibility study

L Chen, Y Shen, CJ Lai, T Han, Y Zhong, S Ge… - Medical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
cone beam CT (CBCT) scanner for breast cancer imaging. With the development of pendant
geometry cone beam breast CT, only the breast itself is … 3D images. The visibility of MCs in …

The cone-beam breast computed tomography characteristics of breast non-mass enhancement lesions

W Kang, W Zhong, D Su - Acta Radiologica, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Breast imaging is the effective method … New breast imaging modalities are emerging to
improve diagnostic outcome including cone-beam computed tomography (CBBCT) of the breast, …