Imaging in breast cancer

Imaging in breast cancer – breast cancer imaging revisited

Authors: David Mankoff

Imaging in breast cancer: Diffuse optics in breast cancer: detecting tumors in pre-menopausal women and monitoring neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Diffuse optical spectroscopy (DOS) and diffuse optical imaging (DOI) are non-invasive diagnostic techniques that employ near-infrared (NIR) light to quantitatively characterize the optical properties of centim...

Authors: Bruce J Tromberg, Albert Cerussi, Natasha Shah, Montana Compton, Amanda Durkin, David Hsiang, John Butler and Rita Mehta

Imaging in breast cancer: Magnetic resonance imaging

Over the past 5 years there has been a marked increase in the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the breast. Multiple research studies have confirmed improved cancer detection, diagnosis, and evaluatio...

Authors: Constance D Lehman and Mitchell D Schnall

Imaging in breast cancer: Single-photon computed tomography and positron-emission tomography

Although mammography remains a key imaging method for the early detection and screening of breast cancer, the overall accuracy of this test remains low. Several radiopharmaceuticals have been proposed as adjun...

Authors: François Bénard and Éric Turcotte

Imaging in breast cancer: Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

A technique called in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) can be performed along with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to obtain information about the chemical content of breast lesions. This information c...

Authors: Patrick J Bolan, Michael T Nelson, Douglas Yee and Michael Garwood