Neutron stimulated emission computed tomography applied to the assessment of calcium deposition due to the presence of microcalcifications associated with breast cancer

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  • Rodrigo S. S. Viana
  • Hélio Yoriyaz

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https://doi.org/10.29384/rbfm.2011.v5.n1.p41-46

Abstract

In this paper we presented an application of the Neutron Stimulated Emission Computed Tomography (NSECT), which uses a thin beam of fast neutrons to stimulate stable nuclei in a sample, emitting characteristic gamma radiation. The photon energy is unique and it is used to identify the emitting nuclei. This technique was applied for evaluating the calcium isotopic composition changing due to the development of breast microcalcifications. A particular situation was simulated in which clustered microcalcifications were modeled with diameters less than 1.40 mm. In this case, neutron beam breast spectroscopy was successful in detecting the counting changes in the photon emission spectra for energies, which are characteristics of 40Ca isotope in a low deposited dose rate.

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Viana, R. S. S., & Yoriyaz, H. (2015). Neutron stimulated emission computed tomography applied to the assessment of calcium deposition due to the presence of microcalcifications associated with breast cancer. Brazilian Journal of Medical Physics, 5(1), 41–46. https://doi.org/10.29384/rbfm.2011.v5.n1.p41-46

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