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Published on: May 17, 2024
Dedicated cone-beam breast CT: feasibility study with surgical mastectomy specimens
Wei Tse Yang1, Selin Carkaci, Lingyun Chen
1Department 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
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.
Conclusion:
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.
