Seventh Research Framework Programme - Euratom

"Dedicated CT of the Female Breast: Feasibility, optimisation and comparison to competing imaging modalities"

The EU project 'Breast CT' was launched successfully on January 1 2008. The official kick-off meeting was held in Erlangen on January 25.

WP1	W.A. Kalender	Management	Institute of Medical Physics, Erlangen
WP2	W.A. Kalender	Simulation studies for breast CT image quality optimisation	Institute of Medical Physics, Erlangen
WP3	W.A. Kalender	Dose determination by simulation and measurements	Institute of Medical Physics, Erlangen
WP4	W.A. Kalender	Image quality measurements for breast CT	Institute of Medical Physics, Erlangen
WP5	H. Bosmans	Evaluation and optimisation of tomosynthesis	Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven
WP6	H. Bosmans	Quality assurance for 2D and 3D breast imaging	Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven
WP7	G.P. Krestin	Assessment of alternative diagnostic approaches	Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam
WP8	R. Hebel	Software design and development	CT Imaging GmbH, Erlangen
WP9	R. Hebel	Patient setup and mechanical design	CT Imaging GmbH, Erlangen
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News

M Beister, D Prell, Y Kyriakou, WA Kalender. GPU-Accelerated Metal Artifact Reduction (MAR) in FD-CT. SPIE 2010, submitted
W Chen, D Prell, Y Kyriakou, WA Kalender. Accelerating Ring Artifact Correction for Flat-Detector CT using the CUDA Framework. SPIE 2010, submitted
M Weigel, S Vollmar, R Brauweiler, M Hupfer, T Nowak, WA Kalender. Optimization of Spectra for Dedicated Breast CT with Respect to Image Quality and Dose. 95th International Conference of the Radiological Society of North America, Supplement to Radiology: 559, 2009
S Vollmar, WA Kalender. Reduction of dose to the female breast as a result of spectral optimization for high-contrast thoracic CT imaging: A phantom study. Brit J of Radiology 2009; 82:920-929
S Vollmar, O Langner, M Weigel, H Bosmans, WA Kalender. Breast Phantom Design for Dedicated Breast CT and Tomosynthesis. World Congress of Medical Physics, IFMBE Proceedings 25/II: 53-56, September 2009
H Bosmans, K Young, R van Engen, B Lazzari, P Heid, M Thijssen, S Vollmar, K Lemmens, V Ravaglia, WA Kalender. Towards a Quality Assurance protocol for 2D and 3D breast X-ray imaging techniques. World Congress of Medical Physics, IFMBE Proceedings 25/II: 647-649, September 2009
L Hillebrand, RM Lapp, Y Kyriakou, WA Kalender. Interactive GPU-accelerated image reconstruction in cone-beam CT. SPIE 7258(1), 72582A, 2009
D Ertel, WA Kalender. Project Presentation: Breast CT.			PDF
S Wilharm, R Lapp, S Vollmar, J Krause, Y Kyriakou, WA Kalender. Interactively Variable Isotropic Resolution and Noise for CT of the Breast. 94th International Conference of the Radiological Society of North America, Supplement to Radiology: 408, 2008
S Vollmar, M Weigel, WA Kalender. Dose Distributions and Image Quality in CT of the Breast as a Function of Projection Angle Range. 94th International Conference of the Radiological Society of North America, Supplement to Radiology: 544, 2008