Quantification of lesion size, depth, and uptake using a dual-head molecular breast imaging system

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1365-1376

  Hruska, Carrie B ^a   O'Connor, Michael K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular breast imaging; Monte Carlo; Quantitation; Tumor uptake

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; TUMORS;

FUTURE APPLICATIONS; INTENSITY PROFILES; MALIGNANT DISEASE; MEASUREMENTS OF; MOLECULAR BREAST IMAGING; QUANTITATION; TUMOR TO BACKGROUND RATIOS; TUMOR UPTAKE;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG UPTAKE; DUAL HEAD DEDICATED GAMMA CAMERA; GAMMA RADIATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARAMETER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; THICKNESS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 41449111249     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2885371     Document Type: Article

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