Abstract
Prior studies have shown that breast CT (bCT) outperforms mammography in the visualization of mass lesions, yet underperforms in the detection of micro-calcifications. The Breast Tomography Project at UC Davis has successively developed and fabricated four dedicated breast CT scanners, the most recent code-named Doheny, that produce high resolution, fully tomographic images, and overcome the tissue superposition effects of mammography at equivalent radiation dose. Over 600 patients have been imaged thus far in an ongoing clinical trial. The Doheny prototype differs from prior bCT generations in its usage of a pulsed rather than continuous x-ray source and in its utilization of a CMOS flat-panel fluoroscopic detector rather than TFT. Spatial Resolution analysis performed on Doheny indicates that the MTF characteristics have been substantially improved.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE |
| Publisher | SPIE |
| Volume | 9033 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780819498267 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2014 |
| Event | Medical Imaging 2014: Physics of Medical Imaging - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Feb 17 2014 → Feb 20 2014 |
Other
| Other | Medical Imaging 2014: Physics of Medical Imaging |
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| Country | United States |
| City | San Diego, CA |
| Period | 2/17/14 → 2/20/14 |
Keywords
- Computed Tomography
- Cone-beam CT
- Dedicated breast CT
- mammography
- X-ray radiation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Biomaterials
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging