TY - JOUR
T1 - New modalities in breast imaging
T2 - Digital mammography, positron emission tomography, and sestamibi scintimammography
AU - Leung, Jessica W.T.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Digital mammography, PET, and sestamibi scintimammography are three new modalities in breast imaging. DM has advantages over film-screen mammography in image storage, retrieval, and processing and may lower the recall rate. Computer-aided detection may increase the sensitivity of mammographic screening without a substantial reduction in specificity. Whereas PET and sestambi scintimammography are not useful in breast cancer screening, PET may play a role in detecting nodal metastases and monitoring treatment response, and sestamibi scintimammography in selected cases may serve as an adjunct to conventional imaging. The cost-effectiveness of these new modalities remains to be evaluated, but all have the potential to significantly advance the diagnosis and management of women with breast cancer.
AB - Digital mammography, PET, and sestamibi scintimammography are three new modalities in breast imaging. DM has advantages over film-screen mammography in image storage, retrieval, and processing and may lower the recall rate. Computer-aided detection may increase the sensitivity of mammographic screening without a substantial reduction in specificity. Whereas PET and sestambi scintimammography are not useful in breast cancer screening, PET may play a role in detecting nodal metastases and monitoring treatment response, and sestamibi scintimammography in selected cases may serve as an adjunct to conventional imaging. The cost-effectiveness of these new modalities remains to be evaluated, but all have the potential to significantly advance the diagnosis and management of women with breast cancer.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0033-8389(01)00004-5
DO - 10.1016/S0033-8389(01)00004-5
M3 - Review article
C2 - 12117187
AN - SCOPUS:0036068660
SN - 0033-8389
VL - 40
SP - 467
EP - 482
JO - Radiologic Clinics of North America
JF - Radiologic Clinics of North America
IS - 3
ER -