Cone Beam CT for Breast Imaging

Exclusion Criteria

• •Pregnancy
• •Lactation
• •Patients with physical limitations that may prohibit resting prone on the exam table, such as, but not limited to: frozen shoulder, recent heart surgery, pace maker.
• •Patients who are unable to tolerate study constraints.
• •Patients who have received radiation treatments to the thorax for malignant and nonmalignant conditions, such as (but not limited to)
• •* Treatment for enlarged thymus gland as an infant
• •* Irradiation for benign breast conditions, including breast inflammation after giving birth
• •* Treatment for Hodgkin's disease
• •Patients who have participated in a prior breast clinical trial that gave additional radiation dose, such as an additional mammogram.
• •Patients who have received large numbers of diagnostic x-ray examinations for monitoring of disease such as (but not limited to)
• •* Tuberculosis
• •* Severe scoliosis
• •Diagnostic Group:
• •Pregnancy
• •Lactation
• •Patients who have already undergone biopsy for the index lesion
• •Patients who are unable or unwilling to undergo biopsy for the lesion of concern
• •Patients with physical limitations that may prohibit the patient from resting prone on the exam table, such as, but not limited to: frozen shoulder, recent heart surgery, pace maker.
• •Patients who are unable to tolerate study constraints.
• •Patients who have received radiation treatments to the thorax or breast area for malignant and nonmalignant conditions, such as (but not limited to)
• •* Treatment for enlarged thymus gland as an infant
• •* Irradiation for benign breast conditions, including breast inflammation after giving birth
• •* Treatment for Hodgkin's disease
• •Patients who have participated in a prior breast clinical trial that gave additional radiation dose, such as an additional mammogram.
• •Patients who have received large numbers of diagnostic x-ray examinations for monitoring of disease such as (but not limited to)
• •* Tuberculosis
• •* Severe scoliosis