Positron Emission Tomography (PET), an essential functional imaging modality, also uses ionizing radiation, which scatters when it interacts with tissue, contributing to patient dose, but traditionally not providing any value from an imaging perspective.īreast Microwave Imaging (BMI) and Scatter Enhanced PET offer the potential of improved sensitivity and specificity when compared to traditional mammographic x-ray and PET reconstruction techniques and, in the case of BMI, may provide other benefits such as lower cost and portability.

Mammography, the standard for breast cancer screening, uses ionizing radiation, requires breast compression, has a high false-positive rate, and requires a well-established human and capital infrastructure.

Towards Medical Imaging without images Advanced Image Reconstruction and Machine learning in PET and Microwave Imaging 2021 NEXUS ONLINE DATA ENLIGHTENING SERIES, (NODES) SEMINAR SERIES Thursday, March 25Ĭancer mortality is higher in remote regions in Canada and in developing countries where access to early detection is limited.

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