ArticleEJNMMI physics2021
Evaluation of image quality at the detector's edge of dedicated breast positron emission tomography.
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Abstract
backgroundUsing phantoms and clinical studies in prone hanging breast imaging, we assessed the image quality of a commercially available dedicated breast PET (dbPET) at the detector's edge, where mammary glands near the chest wall are located. These are compared to supine PET/CT breast images of the same clinical subjects.
methodsA breast phantom with four spheres (16-, 10-, 7.5-, and 5-mm diameter) was filled with
resultsCloser to the detector's edge, the CNR and CRC of all spheres decreased while the CV
conclusionThe phantom study revealed poorer image quality at < 2-cm distance from the detector's edge than at other more central parts. In clinical studies, however, the visibility of breast lesions with dbPET was the same regardless of the lesion position, and it was higher than that in PET/CT. dbPET has a great potential for detecting breast lesions near the chest wall if they are at least 2 cm from the edge of the FOV, even in young women with small breasts.
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