Local and whole-body staging in patients with primary breast cancer: a comparison of one-step to two-step staging utilizing 18F-FDG-PET/MRI.

Julian KirchnerJohannes GrueneisenOle MartinMark OehmigenHarald H QuickAnn-Kathrin BittnerOliver HoffmannMarc IngenwerthOnofrio Antonio CatalanoPhilipp HeuschChristian BuchbenderMichael ForstingGerald AntochKen HerrmannLale Umutlu

Published in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2018)

The results demonstrate the necessity and superiority of a two-step 18F-FDG PET/MRI algorithm, comprising dedicated prone breast imaging and supine whole-body imaging, when compared to the one-step algorithm for local and whole-body staging in breast cancer patients.

Keyphrases

pet ct
positron emission tomography
high resolution
pet imaging
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
machine learning
lymph node
deep learning
computed tomography
magnetic resonance
neural network
fluorescence imaging
breast cancer risk