Title :
Breast cancer imaging studies by Monte Carlo simulation with Clear-PEM
Author :
Trindade, Andreia ; Almeida, Pedro ; Ferreira, Nuno C. ; Martins, Monica V. ; Matela, Nuno ; Oliveira, Nuno ; Rodrigues, Pedro ; Varela, João
Author_Institution :
Laboratorio de Instrumentacio e Fisica Exp. de Particulas, Lisbon, Portugal
Abstract :
Positron emission mammography (PEM) is a functional imaging technique for breast cancer detection. The development of dedicated systems with high sensitivity and spatial resolution, are a valuable resource for early breast cancer diagnosis and onset of an efficient therapy. In this paper, we report on the performance indicators of the Clear-PEM imaging system. In particular, we evaluate, the detection sensitivity, system count rates and breast lesion detection by means of Monte Carlo simulation.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; biological organs; cancer; image resolution; mammography; medical image processing; positron emission tomography; Clear-PEM; Monte Carlo simulation; breast cancer detection; breast cancer diagnosis; breast cancer imaging; breast lesion detection; detection sensitivity; functional imaging technique; high sensitivity dedicated imaging systems; positron emission mammography; spatial resolution; system count rates; Breast cancer; Detectors; Head; High-resolution imaging; Image reconstruction; Lesions; Mammography; Optical arrays; Radioactive decay; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2005 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9221-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596749
