Multimodality in vivo imaging systems: twice the power or double the trouble?

SR Cherry - Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Many different types of radiation have been exploited to provide images of the structure and
function of tissues inside a living subject. Each imaging modality is characterized by differing …

Evolving role of positron emission tomography in breast cancer imaging

WB Eubank, DA Mankoff - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2005 - Elsevier
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) has been used for
detection, staging, and response monitoring in breast cancer patients. Although studies …

Appropriate use criteria for 18F-FDG PET/CT in restaging and treatment response assessment of malignant disease

H Jadvar, PM Colletti, R Delgado-Bolton… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2017 - Soc Nuclear Med
Precision medicine is evolving to include a variety of data to optimize patient care and
improve outcome. Multimodality imaging is paving the way toward this goal. PET/CT with 18 …

Design considerations for a limited angle, dedicated breast, TOF PET scanner

S Surti, JS Karp - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Development of partial ring, dedicated breast positron emission tomography (PET)
scanners is an active area of research. Due to the limited angular coverage, generation of …

Results of preliminary clinical trials of the positron emission mammography system PEM-I: a dedicated breast imaging system producing glucose metabolic images …

K Murthy, M Aznar, CJ Thompson, A Loutfi… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2000 - Soc Nuclear Med
Early detection of breast cancer is crucial for efficient and effective treatment. We have
developed an instrument for positron emission mammography (PEM) called PEM-I that …

Advantages and limitations of FDG PET in the follow-up of breast cancer

P Lind, I Igerc, T Beyer, P Reinprecht… - European journal of …, 2004 - Springer
Abstract 18F-Fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) has been
evaluated in breast cancer for the characterisation of primary tumours, lymph node staging …

Design and evaluation of the Clear-PEM scanner for positron emission mammography

MC Abreu, JD Aguiar, FG Almeida… - … on Nuclear Science, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The design and evaluation of the imaging system Clear-PEM for positron emission
mammography, under development by the PEM Consortium within the framework of the …

Imaging in breast cancer: Single-photon computed tomography and positron-emission tomography

F Bénard, É Turcotte - Breast cancer research, 2005 - Springer
Although mammography remains a key imaging method for the early detection and
screening of breast cancer, the overall accuracy of this test remains low. Several …

Nuclear imaging of the breast: translating achievements in instrumentation into clinical use

CB Hruska, MK O'Connor - Medical physics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Approaches to imaging the breast with nuclear medicine and/or molecular imaging methods
have been under investigation since the late 1980s when a technique called …

Design and evaluation of an LSO PET detector for breast cancer imaging

NK Doshi, Y Shao, RW Silverman, SR Cherry - Medical physics, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Functional imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) may be a promising technique
in conjunction with x‐ray mammography for breast cancer patient management …