A review of breast tomosynthesis. Part II. Image reconstruction, processing and analysis, and advanced applications

I Sechopoulos - Medical physics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Many important post‐acquisition aspects of breast tomosynthesis imaging can impact its
clinical performance. Chief among them is the reconstruction algorithm that generates the …

Dedicated breast computed tomography: basic aspects

A Sarno, G Mettivier, P Russo - Medical physics, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
X‐ray mammography of the compressed breast is well recognized as the “gold standard” for
early detection of breast cancer, but its performance is not ideal. One limitation of screening …

Dedicated breast CT: State of the art—Part II. Clinical application and future outlook

Y Zhu, AM O'Connell, Y Ma, A Liu, H Li, Y Zhang… - European …, 2022 - Springer
Dedicated breast CT is being increasingly used for breast imaging. This technique provides
images with no compression, removal of tissue overlap, rapid acquisition, and available …

Improved classification of benign and malignant breast lesions using deep feature maximum intensity projection MRI in breast cancer diagnosis using dynamic …

Q Hu, HM Whitney, H Li, Y Ji, P Liu… - Radiology: Artificial …, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To develop a deep transfer learning method that incorporates four-dimensional
(4D) information in dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI to classify benign and malignant …

Digital mammography versus breast tomosynthesis: impact of breast density on diagnostic performance in population-based screening

BH Østerås, ACT Martinsen, R Gullien, P Skaane - Radiology, 2019 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Previous studies comparing digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) to digital
mammography (DM) have shown conflicting results regarding breast density and diagnostic …

Physical and digital phantoms for 2D and 3D x-ray breast imaging: Review on the state-of-the-art and future prospects

A Sarno, C Valero, RM Tucciariello, N Dukov… - Radiation Physics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Breast phantoms are a fundamental asset both in routine quality assurance programs and
for comparing scanner performance in 2D and 3D x-ray breast imaging. They also play an …

The potential role of dedicated 3D breast CT as a diagnostic tool: review and early clinical examples

AM O'Connell, A Karellas, S Vedantham - The breast journal, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Mammography is the gold standard in routine screening for the detection of breast cancer in
the general population. However, limitations in sensitivity, particularly in dense breasts, has …

Evolution of spatial resolution in breast CT at UC Davis

PM Gazi, K Yang, GW Burkett Jr… - Medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Dedicated breast computed tomography (bCT) technology for the purpose of
breast cancer screening has been a focus of research at UC Davis since the late 1990s …

Comparing screening outcomes for digital breast tomosynthesis and digital mammography by automated breast density in a randomized controlled trial: results from …

N Moshina, HS Aase, AS Danielsen, IS Haldorsen… - Radiology, 2020 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is considered superior to digital
mammography (DM) for women with dense breasts. Purpose To identify differences in …

Association between power law coefficients of the anatomical noise power spectrum and lesion detectability in breast imaging modalities

L Chen, CK Abbey, JM Boone - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Previous research has demonstrated that a parameter extracted from a power function fit to
the anatomical noise power spectrum, β, may be predictive of breast mass lesion …