2015
Factors Influencing the Uptake of 99mTc-Sestamibi in Breast Tissue on Molecular Breast Imaging
O’Connor M, Hruska CB, Tran TD, Swanson T, Conners AL, Jones K, Rhodes DJ. Factors Influencing the Uptake of 99mTc-Sestamibi in Breast Tissue on Molecular Breast Imaging. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine Technology 2015, 43: 13-20. PMID: 25613340, DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.114.150128.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMolecular breast imagingBreast tissuePrandial statusOptimal patient preparationPeripheral blood flowBody surface areaCounts/Type of interventionBreast imagingPatient heightPeripheral warmingStudy groupBlood flowSestamibiBreast activityPatient preparationFed stateCount densityMetabolic statusReference groupOblique viewMediolateral oblique viewTissueInterventionBreast thickness
2008
Molecular breast imaging: use of a dual-head dedicated gamma camera to detect small breast tumors.
Hruska CB, Phillips SW, Whaley DH, Rhodes DJ, O'Connor MK. Molecular breast imaging: use of a dual-head dedicated gamma camera to detect small breast tumors. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2008, 191: 1805-15. PMID: 19020253, PMCID: PMC3885170, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.07.3693.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBreast NeoplasmsEquipment DesignEquipment Failure AnalysisFemaleGamma CamerasHumansImage EnhancementMiddle AgedMolecular Probe TechniquesRadionuclide ImagingRadiopharmaceuticalsReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificitySingle-Blind MethodTechnetium Tc 99m SestamibiConceptsMolecular breast imagingMolecular breastBI-RADS category 4Breast imagingMBq of technetiumSmall breast tumorsTelluride gamma cameraGamma cameraSubcentimeter lesionsUptake scoreAdditional cancersBlinded reviewDetection of cancerBreast tumorsLesionsSmall lesionsBreastPatientsBreast lesionsBlinded readersCancerOblique viewCategory 4Mediolateral oblique viewTumors