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- Dedicated breast positron emission tomography (dbPET) is a new imaging technique that provides detailed analysis for detecting breast cancer and understanding tumor biology.
- It offers higher spatial resolution compared to traditional PET systems, allowing better identification of how radiotracers accumulate in the breast.
- The article suggests a standardized vocabulary for describing breast radiotracer uptake to improve communication and comparison across different studies on dbPET imaging results.
Article Abstract
Dedicated breast positron emission tomography (dbPET) is a new diagnostic imaging modality recently used in clinical practice for the detection of breast cancer and the assessment of tumor biology. dbPET has higher spatial resolution than that of conventional whole body PET systems, allowing recognition of detailed morphological attributes of radiotracer accumulation within the breast. F-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) accumulation in the breast may be due to benign or malignant entities, and recent studies suggest that morphology characterization of F-FDG uptake could aid in estimating the probability of malignancy. However, across the world, there are many descriptors of breast F-FDG uptake, limiting comparisons between studies. In this article, we propose a lexicon for breast radiotracer uptake to standardize description and reporting of image findings on dbPET, consisting of terms for image quality, radiotracer fibroglandular uptake, breast lesion uptake.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8306936 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11071267 | DOI Listing |
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