{Building towards improved therapies for each breast cancer patient}


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Publications
Pierce LA, William WCJH, Haynor DR, MacDonald LR, Kinahan PE, Miyaoka RS. Multiplexing strategies for monolithic crystal PET detector modules. Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol.59, pp. 5347–5360, (2014). PMID: 25146849

MacDonald LR, Hunter WCJ, Kinahan PE, Miyaoka RS, Effects of Detector Thickness on Geometric Sensitivity and Event Positioning Errors in the Rectangular PET/X Scanner. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol.60, pp. 3242-3252, (2013).

Kinahan PE, Pierce LA, Kanal, K, Macdonald LR. Method and impact of attenuation correction on quantitative accuracy for the PET/X breast imaging scanner.  Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol. 53, (abstract presented at 2012 SNM meeting), (2012).

Kinahan PE, MacDonald LR, Hunter WCJ, Miyaoka RS. PET/XT: Optimizing Beast Cancer Therapy Using Quantitative Positron Emission Tomography. Society of Breast Imaging Newsletter, Issue 2, pp. 16-17



Awards
Positron Emmission Tomography Systems for Use With Mammography Machines And Associated Devices and Methods, Oct. 24, 2012. Full patent pending. Application No. PCT/US2012/061715

2014 NIH I-Corps Business Development



Presentations
Hunter WCJH, Miyaoka RS, DeWitt D, Lewellen TK, MacDonald LR, Kinahan PE. cMiCE PET detector using a new multi-anode PMT. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. Seattle, WA, November 12, (2014.

Zeng C, Pierce LA II, Kanal KM, MacDonald LR, Kinahan PE. Quantitative assessment of response to breast cancer therapy using a combined PET/X-ray scanner. Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington. September 25-28, (2013).

Kinahan PE, Zeng G, Pierce II LA, Kanal KM, MacDonald LR. Attenuation Correction Using a Single-View Mammogram for a 3D PET Scanner. In: Proceedings of the 2013 International Meeting on Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine. pp: 261-263. Granlibakken Resort, Lake Tahoe, CA, June 16-21, (2013).



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