2006•Biomedical opticsRequires access

Diffuse Optical Tomography and Positron Emission Tomography of Human Breast

Soren D. Konecky, Rony I. Wiener, Regine Choe, Alper Corlu, Kijoon Lee, Shyam Srinivas, J.R. Saffer, R. Freifelder, Joel S. Karp, Arjun G. Yodh

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Abstract

We have acquired images of the breasts of four females with suspicious masses using Diffuse Optical Tomography (DOT) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET). The images are compared, and the possibility of new types of functional contrast for cancer imaging are proposed.

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Key concepts: Diffuse optical imaging, Positron emission tomography, Tomography, Computed tomography laser mammography, Optical tomography, Preclinical imaging, Positron emission, Breast imaging