«Working with our Chinese colleagues at Xijing Hospital, we found that a combined MRI+NIRST breast exam is feasible as a clinical
breast imaging procedure, and that the data from the combined imaging modalities is diagnostically more accurate,» said Paulsen.
Not exact matches
Now, researchers are hoping to improve this
imaging technique, known as molecular
breast imaging or
breast specific gamma
imaging, with better image quality and precise location (depth information) within the
breast, while reducing the amount of radiation dose to the patient for these
procedures.
As described in a new paper, NIST's prototype
breast phantom was tested on MRI systems from two manufacturers in three configurations and produced accurate, quantitative images that could be used to evaluate common
imaging procedures.
A new magnetic resonance
imaging procedure can spot
breast cancer very early in mice, finding the smallest cancers ever detected by MRI.