Optimal breast imaging radiation discussed at SPIE conference

During the annual meeting of SPIE, the professional scientific society dedicated to optical science, researcher Michael O’Connor of the Mayo Clinic gave a presentation titled “Development of radiation dose reduction techniques for cadmium zinc telluride detectors in molecular breast imaging.”

O’Connor’s August 5 presentation during a medical applications session of the August 1-5 SPIE conference at the San Diego Convention Center also utilized the work of Mayo Clinic researchers Carrie Hruska, Amanda Weinmann, Armando Manduca, and Deborah Rhodes.

“This is a new technology,” O’Connor said. “We...