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 …

Towards breast tomography with synchrotron radiation at Elettra: first images

R Longo, F Arfelli, R Bellazzini, U Bottigli… - Physics in Medicine …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The aim of the SYRMA-CT collaboration is to set-up the first clinical trial of phase-contrast
breast CT with synchrotron radiation (SR). In order to combine high image quality and low …

Contrast-enhanced cone-beam breast-CT (CBBCT): clinical performance compared to mammography and MRI

S Wienbeck, U Fischer, S Luftner-Nagel, J Lotz… - European …, 2018 - Springer
Objectives To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of contrast-enhanced (CE) cone-beam
breast computed tomography (CBBCT) in dense breast tissue and compare it to non …

Accuracy of preoperative contrast-enhanced cone beam breast CT in assessment of residual tumor after neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a comparative study with breast …

Y Wang, M Zhao, Y Ma, A Liu, Y Zhu, L Yin, Z Liang… - Academic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rationale and Objectives To compare the accuracy of preoperative contrast-enhanced cone
beam breast CT (CE-CBBCT) and MRI in assessment of residual tumor after neoadjuvant …

Review of clinical studies and first clinical experiences with a commercially available cone-beam breast CT in Europe

S Wienbeck, J Lotz, U Fischer - Clinical imaging, 2017 - Elsevier
The dedicated cone-beam breast computed tomography (CBBCT) is a new and promising
imaging modality which provides isotropic, 3D images of the breast with high spatial and …

The role of cone-beam breast-CT for breast cancer detection relative to breast density

S Wienbeck, J Uhlig, S Luftner-Nagel, A Zapf… - European …, 2017 - Springer
Objectives To evaluate the impact of breast density on the diagnostic accuracy of non-
contrast cone-beam breast computed tomography (CBBCT) in comparison to mammography …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of chemotherapy response in breast cancer patients at pre-treatment using second derivative texture of CT images and machine learning

H Moghadas-Dastjerdi, L Sannachi, FC Wright… - Translational …, 2021 - Elsevier
Although neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is a crucial component of treatment for locally
advanced breast cancer (LABC), only about 70% of patients respond to it. Effective …

A priori prediction of tumour response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients using quantitative CT and machine learning

H Moghadas-Dastjerdi, HR Sha-E-Tallat, L Sannachi… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Response to Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) has demonstrated a high correlation to
survival in locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) patients. An early prediction of …

Comparison of background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) on contrast-enhanced cone-beam breast CT (CE-CBBCT) and breast MRI

Y Ma, A Liu, Y Zhang, Y Zhu, Y Wang, M Zhao… - European …, 2022 - Springer
Objectives To compare the background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) levels on contrast-
enhanced cone-beam breast CT (CE-CBBCT) and MRI, evaluate inter-reader reliability, and …