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Breast-dedicated Positron Emission Tomography Systems

유방촬영전용 양전자단층촬영시스템

  • Yoon, Hyun-Suk (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Chan-Mi (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Ito, Mikiko (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kwon, Sun-Il (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Soo-Mee (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Ko, Guen-Bae (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Dong-Soo (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Hong, Seong-Jong (Department of Radiological Science, Eulji University) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Sung (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
  • 윤현석 (서울대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실) ;
  • 이찬미 (서울대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실) ;
  • 이또우 미끼꼬 (서울대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실) ;
  • 권순일 (서울대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실) ;
  • 김수미 (서울대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실) ;
  • 고근배 (서울대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실) ;
  • 이동수 (서울대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실) ;
  • 홍성종 (을지대학교 방사선학과) ;
  • 이재성 (서울대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실)
  • Received : 2010.08.23
  • Accepted : 2010.08.26
  • Published : 2010.09.30
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Abstract

Breast cancer is the most prevalent woman cancer, and its prevalence rate is increasing rapidly. It is necessary to develop the breast-dedicated positron emission tomography (PET) or positron emission mammography (PEM) systems with high resolution and sensitivity to improve the accuracy of diagnosis of breast cancer. Therefore, it is necessary to develop the high-end PET system technologies, such as the measurement of depth-of-interaction (DOI) and fully digitalized data acquisition, to establish high performance breast imaging systems. In this paper, recent technical advances in breast-dedicated PET imaging systems will be reviewed.

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