Dedicated cone-beam breast CT: feasibility study with surgical mastectomy specimens.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of diagnostic breast imaging using a flat-panel detector-based cone-beam CT system.


CONCLUSIONS
Imaging of 12 mastectomy specimens was performed at 50-80 kVp with a voxel size of 145 or 290 microm. Our study shows that cone-beam breast CT images have exceptional tissue contrast and can potentially reduce examination time with comparable radiation dose.
Yang
Wei Tse
WT
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 1350, Houston, TX 77030, USA. wyang@di.mdacc.tmc.edu
Carkaci
Selin
S
Chen
Lingyun
L
Lai
Chao-Jen
CJ
Sahin
Aysegul
A
Whitman
Gary J
GJ
Shaw
Chris C
CC
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*