Dose reduction in molecular breast imaging

Douglas J. Wagenaar; Samir Chowdhury; James W. Hugg; Rex A. Moats; Bradley E. Patt

doi:10.1117/12.897496

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15 September 2011 Dose reduction in molecular breast imaging

Douglas J. Wagenaar, Samir Chowdhury, James W. Hugg, Rex A. Moats, Bradley E. Patt

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Proceedings Volume 8143, Medical Applications of Radiation Detectors; 814307 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.897496
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI) is the imaging of radiolabeled drugs, cells, or nanoparticles for breast cancer detection, diagnosis, and treatment. Screening of broad populations of women for breast cancer with mammography has been augmented by the emergence of breast MRI in screening of women at high risk for breast cancer. Screening MBI may benefit the sub-population of women with dense breast tissue that obscures small tumors in mammography. Dedicated breast imaging equipment is necessary to enable detection of early-stage tumors less than 1 cm in size. Recent progress in the development of these instruments is reviewed. Pixellated CZT for single photon MBI imaging of ^99mTc-sestamibi gives high detection sensitivity for early-stage tumors. The use of registered collimators in a near-field geometry gives significantly higher detection efficiency - a factor of 3.6-, which translates into an equivalent dose reduction factor given the same acquisition time. The radiation dose in the current MBI procedure has been reduced to the level of a four-view digital mammography study. In addition to screening of selected sub-populations, reduced MBI dose allows for dual-isotope, treatment planning, and repeated therapy assessment studies in the era of molecular medicine guided by quantitative molecular imaging.

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Douglas J. Wagenaar, Samir Chowdhury, James W. Hugg, Rex A. Moats, and Bradley E. Patt "Dose reduction in molecular breast imaging", Proc. SPIE 8143, Medical Applications of Radiation Detectors, 814307 (15 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.897496

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