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Tomographic Dual Modality Breast Scanner

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Digital Mammography (IWDM 2008)

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We are developing a breast scanner that obtains co-registered dual modality tomographic images of the breast using x-ray imaging (digital breast tomosynthesis) and gamma emission imaging (limited angle breast SPECT). The project is a collaborative effort among the Jefferson Lab (Newport News, VA), Dexela Ltd., (Sudbury MA), and the University of Virginia (UVa) (Charlottesville, VA). The scanner is currently undergoing pilot clinical evaluation at UVa’s Breast Care Center. Here we report on the design of the scanner, choice of acquisition parameters, and present some early phantom and human breast images.

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Williams, M.B. et al. (2008). Tomographic Dual Modality Breast Scanner. In: Krupinski, E.A. (eds) Digital Mammography. IWDM 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5116. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70538-3_15

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