Stereotactic Vacuum-Assisted Biopsy in Photon-Counting Dedicated Spiral Breast CT: A Proof of Concept Stereotaktische Vakuumbiopsie in der photonenzählenden dedizierten Spiral-Brust-CT: ein Machbarkeitsnachweis

Schulz-Wendtland R, Wacker T, Heinemann D, Steiding C, Kolditz D, Althoff F, Wenkel E, Ohlmeyer S, Wetzl M, Mpourazanis G, Tsirkas P, Beckmann M, Uder M (2026)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2026

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DOI: 10.1055/a-2804-3849

Abstract

In recent years, a new dedicated spiral breast CT (SBCT) with photon-counting technology has been developed that offers clear advantages over established methods such as mammography and tomosynthesis, as well as the existing cone-beam breast CT (CBBCT) without a direct-conversion detector, particularly due to its unique feature of three-dimensional visualization of microcalcifications. Microcalcifications cannot be visualized using non-X-ray-based methods such as ultrasound and MRI. However, microcalcifications are particularly noticeable in 70% to 90% of DCIS cases 1 2.Our experimental phantom study shows for the first time that the newly developed SBCT-compatible biopsy unit closes the previous diagnostic gap and enables both vacuum-Assisted biopsy (VAB) and the marking of detected findings (especially microcalcifications and round foci) after precise three-dimensional target planning with the help of SBCT.

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Advanced Breast-CT GmbH Germany (DE) General Hospital of Ioannina G. Hatzikosta / Γενικό Νοσοκομείο Ιωαννίνων "Γ. Χατζηκώστα" Greece (GR)

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APA:

Schulz-Wendtland, R., Wacker, T., Heinemann, D., Steiding, C., Kolditz, D., Althoff, F.,... Uder, M. (2026). Stereotactic Vacuum-Assisted Biopsy in Photon-Counting Dedicated Spiral Breast CT: A Proof of Concept Stereotaktische Vakuumbiopsie in der photonenzählenden dedizierten Spiral-Brust-CT: ein Machbarkeitsnachweis. Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2804-3849

MLA:

Schulz-Wendtland, Rüdiger, et al. "Stereotactic Vacuum-Assisted Biopsy in Photon-Counting Dedicated Spiral Breast CT: A Proof of Concept Stereotaktische Vakuumbiopsie in der photonenzählenden dedizierten Spiral-Brust-CT: ein Machbarkeitsnachweis." Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde (2026).

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