Clear-PEM: a dedicated PET camera for improved breast cancer detection

Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2005;116(1-4 Pt 2):208-10. doi: 10.1093/rpd/nci039.

Abstract

Positron emission mammography (PEM) can offer a non-invasive method for the diagnosis of breast cancer. Metabolic images from PEM using 18F-fluoro-deoxy-glucose, contain unique information not available from conventional morphologic imaging techniques like X-ray radiography. In this work, the concept of Clear-PEM, the system presently developed in the frame of the Crystal Clear Collaboration at CERN, is described. Clear-PEM will be a dedicated scanner, offering better perspectives in terms of position resolution and detection sensitivity.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Gamma Cameras*
  • Humans
  • Image Enhancement / instrumentation*
  • Image Enhancement / methods
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Pilot Projects
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / instrumentation*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18