European Journal of Radiology
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 72-79, April 2005

Dynamic optical breast imaging: A new technique to visualise breast vessels: Comparison with breast MRI and preliminary results

  • Alexandra Athanasiou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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  • Daniel Vanel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 142 114873; fax: +33 142 115279.
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  • Corinne Balleyguier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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  • Laure Fournier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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  • Marie Christine Mathieu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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  • Suzette Delaloge

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Oncology, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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  • Clarisse Dromain

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France

Received 22 November 2004; received in revised form 26 November 2004; accepted 29 November 2004.

Abstract 

The purpose of our study was to explore and evaluate an innovative imaging approach, which consists on imaging the breast parenchyma by means of photoluminescence detectors (LED) and analysis of dynamic data. Breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was chosen as the reference imaging method, as this is considered to be nowadays the gold standard for breast vascularisation evaluation. Preliminary results reveal a good correlation between breast MRI findings and light images.

Keywords: Breast tumors, Breast MRI, Optical imaging, Dynamic curves

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PII: S0720-048X(05)00026-4

doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2004.11.022

European Journal of Radiology
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 72-79, April 2005

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