The positron emission mammography/tomography breast imaging and biopsy system (PEM/PET): Design, construction and phantom-based measurements

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 637-653

  Raylman, Raymond R ^a   Majewski, Stan ^b   Smith, Mark F ^b,c   Proffitt, James ^b   Hammond, William ^b   Srinivasan, Amarnath ^a   McKisson, John ^b   Popov, Vladimir ^b   Weisenberger, Andrew ^b   Judy, Clifford O ^d   Kross, Brian ^b   Ramasubramanian, Srikanth ^a   Banta, Larry E ^d   Kinahan, Paul E ^e   Champley, Kyle ^e  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATOR FACILITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d West Virginia University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOPSY; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEEDLES; RADIOTHERAPY;

FIBROCYSTIC BREASTS; PHANTOM-BASED MEASUREMENTS; RADIOTRACERS; TOMOGRAPHIC BREAST IMAGING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; TRACER;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY DEVICE; BREAST; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION MAMMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 41849119121     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/3/009     Document Type: Article

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