Computed tomography laser mamography (CTLM): New imaging method in mammadiagnostics

Abstract

Aim: To explain the principle of this new examination method Computed Tomography Laser Mammography (CTLM), to demonstrate possibilities of CTLM for diagnosis of the breast lesions and to discover, if the finding of angiogenesis could help to reduce the number of core-cut biopsies to assist in differentiating malignant from benign breast lesions.

Keywords

• Angiogenesis
• Benign and malignant breast tumors
• CT laser mammography
• Deoxyhemoglobin
• Oxyhemoglobin