Detection of Post-Therapeutic Effects in Breast Carcinoma Using Hard X-Ray Index of Refraction Computed Tomography - A Feasibility Study.

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is the state-of-the-art treatment in advanced breast cancer. A correct visualization of the post-therapeutic tumor size is of high prognostic relevance. X-ray phase-contrast computed tomography (PC-CT) has been shown to provide improved soft-tissue contrast at a resolution f...

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Main Authors: Susanne Grandl, Anikó Sztrókay-Gaul, Alberto Mittone, Sergey Gasilov, Emmanuel Brun, Alberto Bravin, Doris Mayr, Sigrid D Auweter, Karin Hellerhoff, Maximilian Reiser, Paola Coan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4928822?pdf=render