SU-E-I-83: Detectability Limits of a New Positron Emission Mammography in Relation to Tumour-Size, Tumour-To-Background Ratio and Activity Concentration

Purpose:Positron emission mammography(PEM) improves spatial resolution and sensitivity, making it suitable for early breast tumours detection. The aim of this study is to evaluate the limits of a dedicated breast PET in terms of tumour‐size, tumour‐to‐background activity concentration ratio (TBR) and activity concentration. Methods: A dedicated PEM is evaluated. To characterize the device, we use a phantom of 15 cm of diameter containing 6 inserts of inner diameters 18, 15, 11, 8, 5 and 3 mm. To evaluate the detectability limits images are acquired by varying the TBR from 10 to 2 and without background activity concentration. In all the studies the activity concentration for the 6 inserts i…