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
2014
Breast density legislation. Implications for patients and primary care providers.
Rhodes DJ, Conners AL. Breast density legislation. Implications for patients and primary care providers. Minnesota Medicine 2014, 97: 43-8. PMID: 25158436.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
Molecular breast imaging: advances and limitations of a scintimammographic technique in patients with small breast tumors
O'Connor M, Phillips S, Hruska C, Rhodes D, Collins D. Molecular breast imaging: advances and limitations of a scintimammographic technique in patients with small breast tumors. Clinical Imaging 2007, 31: 295. DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2007.04.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMolecular breast imagingSmall breast tumorsBreast tumorsEvidence of cancerFalse-positive scansLarger patient populationMalignant breast tumorsStandard mammographic viewsMBq technetiumOccult tumorsPatient populationMalignant tumorsPatientsTumorsBreast tissueSubjective discomfortBiopsySurgeryMammographic viewsGamma cameraBreast imagingBreast thicknessPreliminary studyRegular detectionView gamma cameraMolecular Breast Imaging: Advantages and Limitations of a Scintimammographic Technique in Patients with Small Breast Tumors
O'Connor MK, Phillips SW, Hruska CB, Rhodes DJ, Collins DA. Molecular Breast Imaging: Advantages and Limitations of a Scintimammographic Technique in Patients with Small Breast Tumors. The Breast Journal 2007, 13: 3-11. PMID: 17214787, DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2006.00356.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Ductal, BreastCarcinoma, Intraductal, NoninfiltratingCarcinoma, LobularCarcinoma, PapillaryFemaleHumansMammographyMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsRadionuclide ImagingSensitivity and SpecificityTechnetium Tc 99m SestamibiUltrasonographyConceptsMolecular breast imagingSmall breast tumorsBreast tumorsEvidence of cancerFalse-positive scansLarger patient populationMalignant breast tumorsStandard mammographic viewsMBq TcOccult tumorsPatient populationMalignant tumorsPositive scansPatientsTumorsBreast tissueSubjective discomfortBiopsySurgeryMammographic viewsGamma cameraBreast imagingBreast thicknessPreliminary studyRegular detection