High resolution breast PET, often referred to as Postiron Emission Mammography (PEM), is a molecular imaging technology that has significant value in the evaluation of patients with both newly diagnosed breast cancer as well as those with a concern for reoccurrence. The tool offers the opportunity to personalize the imaging of each patient while maintaining the sensitivity of MRI in the local staging of invasive and non-invasive breast cancer. This educational exhibit will review the capabilities of PEM, i.e. sensitivity and specificity in comparison with other breast imaging modalities as well as provide practical experience on how this technology integrates in a comprehensive breast imaging center.
In this electronic educational exhibit we will:
1. Outline the current indications for PEM in breast cancer evaluation and management
2. Present and discuss the PEM imaging protocols
3. Provide a pictorial review of the use of PEM in imaging invasive and non-invasive breast cancer extent of disease
4. Provide correlation with other imaging modalities such as mammography, ultrasound and MRI
5. Provide a pictorial review of PEM guided breast biopsy
Schilling Colletta, K,
Kalinyak, J,
Positron Emission Mammography: A Valued Molecular Imaging Exam for a Comprehensive Breast Center Program in a Community Hospital. Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL.
http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14001208.html
