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Device Zeroes in on Small Breast Tumors

January 28th, 2008 | Category: Medical News

A new medical imager for detecting and guiding the biopsy of suspicious breast cancer lesions is capable of spotting tumors that are half the size of the smallest ones detected by standard imaging systems, as per a new study. The results of initial testing of the PEM/PET system, designed and constructed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, West Virginia University School of Medicine and the University of Maryland School of Medicine would be reported in the journal Physics in Medicine and Biology on Feb. 7……..

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