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ArticleRadiological physics and technology2019

A complementary scheme for automated detection of high-uptake regions on dedicated breast PET and whole-body PET/CT.

Natsuki Minoura, Atsushi Teramoto, Akari Ito, Osamu Yamamuro, Masami Nishio, Kuniaki Saito, Hiroshi Fujita

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Article in Radiological physics and technology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Natsuki MinouraGraduate School of Health Sciences, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan.
Atsushi TeramotoGraduate School of Health Sciences, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan. teramoto@fujita-hu.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7613-5348
Akari ItoEast Nagoya Imaging Diagnosis Center, Nagoya, Japan.
Osamu YamamuroEast Nagoya Imaging Diagnosis Center, Nagoya, Japan.
Masami NishioNagoya PET Imaging Center, Nagoya, Japan.
Kuniaki SaitoGraduate School of Health Sciences, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan.
Hiroshi FujitaDepartment of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan.
Nagoya Medical Center · JPFujita Health University Hospital · JPGifu University · JPNagoya City University Hospital · JP

Funding

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas 26108005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we aimed to develop a hybrid method for automated detection of high-uptake regions in the breast and axilla using dedicated breast positron-emission tomography (db PET) and whole-body PET/computed tomography (CT) images. In our proposed method, high-uptake regions in the breast and axilla were detected using db PET images and whole-body PET/CT images. In db PET images, high-uptake regions in the breast were detected using adaptive thresholding technique based on the noise characteristics. In whole-body PET/CT images, the region of the breast that includes the axilla was first extracted using CT images. Next, high-uptake regions in the extracted breast region were detected on the PET images. By integration of the results of the two types of PET images, a final candidate region was obtained. In the experiments, the accuracy of extracting the region of the breast and detection ability was evaluated using clinical data. As a result, all breast regions were extracted correctly. The sensitivity of detection was 0.765, and the number of false positive cases were 1.8, which was 30% better than those on whole-body PET/CT alone. These results suggested that the proposed method, combining the two types of PET images is effective for improving detection performance.

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Positron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyWhole Body ImagingAutomationBiological TransportBreastHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedBreast cancerDedicated breast petImage processingWhole-body PET/CT

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