Clinical imaging characteristics of the positron emission mammography camera: PEM Flex Solo II

L MacDonald, J Edwards, T Lewellen… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2009 - Soc Nuclear Med
We evaluated a commercial positron emission mammography (PEM) camera, the PEM Flex
Solo II. This system comprises two 6× 16.4 cm detectors that scan together covering up to a …

The positron emission mammography/tomography breast imaging and biopsy system (PEM/PET): design, construction and phantom-based measurements

RR Raylman, S Majewski, MF Smith… - Physics in Medicine …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
Tomographic breast imaging techniques can potentially improve detection and diagnosis of
cancer in women with radiodense and/or fibrocystic breasts. We have developed a high …

PET characteristics of a dedicated breast PET/CT scanner prototype

Y Wu, SL Bowen, K Yang, N Packard… - Physics in Medicine …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract A dedicated breast PET/CT system has been constructed at our institution, with the
goal of having increased spatial resolution and sensitivity compared to whole-body systems …

Performance evaluation of a high resolution dedicated breast PET scanner

T García Hernández, A Vicedo González… - Medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Early stage breast cancers may not be visible on a whole‐body PET scan. To
overcome whole‐body PET limitations, several dedicated breast positron emission …

Design and evaluation of the Clear-PEM scanner for positron emission mammography

MC Abreu, JD Aguiar, FG Almeida… - … on Nuclear Science, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The design and evaluation of the imaging system Clear-PEM for positron emission
mammography, under development by the PEM Consortium within the framework of the …

Initial characterization of a dedicated breast PET/CT scanner during human imaging

SL Bowen, Y Wu, AJ Chaudhari, L Fu… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2009 - Soc Nuclear Med
We have constructed a dedicated breast PET/CT scanner capable of high-resolution
functional and anatomic imaging. Here, we present an initial characterization of scanner …

Characterization of the LBNL PEM camera

GC Wang, JS Huber, WW Moses, J Qi… - IEEE transactions on …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the tomographic images and performance measurements of the LBNL positron
emission mammography (PEM) camera, a specially designed positron emission tomography …

Positron emission mammographic instrument: initial results

K Murthy, M Aznar, AM Bergman, CJ Thompson… - Radiology, 2000 - pubs.rsna.org
Performance characteristics of a positron emission mammographic (PEM) instrument were
studied. This dedicated metabolic breast imaging system has spatial resolution of 2.8-mm …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging sensitivity of dedicated positron emission mammography in relation to tumor size

JS Eo, IK Chun, JC Paeng, KW Kang, SM Lee, W Han… - The Breast, 2012 - Elsevier
Positron emission mammography (PEM) has been reported to have higher sensitivity than
whole-body positron emission tomography (PET) due to higher spatial resolution. However …

The potential role of positron emission mammography for detection of breast cancer. A phantom study

RR Raylman, S Majewski, R Wojcik… - Medical …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Positron emission mammography (PEM) is a new, specialized imaging modality utilizing
PET radiopharmaceuticals to detect breast cancer. The capabilities and limitations of PEM in …