title: Review of clinical studies and first clinical experiences with a commercially available cone-beam breast CT in Europe.
abstract: The dedicated cone-beam breast computed tomography (CBBCT) is a new and promising imaging modality which provides isotropic, 3D images of the breast with high spatial and contrast resolution. Non-contrast and contrast-enhanced CBBCT (CE-CBBCT) was superior to mammography for the visualization of breast masses, especially in patients with dense breast tissue. CE-CBBCT accurately detects DCIS and distinguishes it from benign causes of microcalcifications when compared with non-contrast CBBCT and mammography. The purpose of this report is to describe the technology and its possible indications, and to present the first results from recent clinical studies, illustrating these with our own image examples.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Georg-August-University Goettingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 Goettingen, Germany. Electronic address: susanne.wienbeck@med.uni-goettingen.de.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wienbeck
authors.affiliation: Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Georg-August-University Goettingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 Goettingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lotz
authors.affiliation: Diagnostic Breast Care Center Goettingen, Bahnhofsallee 1d, 37081, Goettingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Breast CT; Breast cancer; Breast imaging; Contrast-enhanced breast CT; Mammography