nu:view Cases

Here are some typical clinical cases to demonstrate nu:view’s cutting-edge imaging capabilities. Click on the images to zoom in.

Clinical Cases

Spiculated lesion (BI-RADS 3)

Patient Background

  • 60-69 yo woman
  • Breast cancer left (IDC, 2001, QUART)
  • L: architectural distortions, spiculated lesion, post op scar

Assessment: BI-RADS 3

Imaging Details

  • Breast side: left (L); reconstruction mode: high-resolution
  • Tube voltage: 60kV; tube current: 32 mA
  • MIP: 3.6 mm
  • Window: C -50 / W 600
Breast ct image of a spictulated lesion taken with nu:view - the first breast-ct scanner using spiral CT technology

Suspicious regional microcalcifications (BI-RADS 4)

Patient Background

  • 50-59 yo woman, premenopausal, nulligravida, suspicion of endometriosis
  • L: suspicious regional microcalcification

Assessment: BI-RADS 4 / Histology: sklerosing adenosis

Imaging Details

  • Breast side: left (L); reconstruction mode: high-resolution
  • Tube voltage: 60 kV; tube current: 40 mA
  • MIP: 3.6 mm
  • Window: C -50 / W 600
Breast ct image of a suspicious regional microcalcification taken with nu:view - the first breast-ct scanner using spiral CT technology

Silicone implants (BI-RADS 2)

Patient Background

  • 50-59 yo woman, mastodynia, silicone implants (intact)

Assessment: BI-RADS 2

Imaging Details

  • Breastside: left (L); reconstruction mode: high-resolution
  • Tube voltage: 60 kV; tube current: 25 mA
  • Window: C 0 / W 900
Image of breast silicone implants taken with nu:view - the first breast-ct scanner using spiral CT technology

Palpable lump (BI-RADS 2)

Patient Background

  • 40-49 yo woman
  • Palpable lump on the right side
  • Hamartoma on the right breast at 11 o’clock

Assessment: BI-RADS 2

Imaging Details

  • Breast side: right (R); reconstruction mode: high-resolution
  • Tube voltage: 60 kV; tube current: 32 mA
  • MIP: 3.6 mm
  • Window: C -50 / W 600
Breast ct image of a palpable lump taken with nu:view - the first breast-ct scanner using spiral CT technology

Focus case: functional imaging

MULTICENTRIC BREAST CANCER

Patient Background

  • 70-79 yo woman with palpable lump in the right breast
  • Previous mammography had depicted a single mass only.
  • On sonography, the lesion was also round and circumscribed with cystic and solid components. Several other hypoechogenoic lesions with smooth and irregular margins were detected.

Breast CT scan was performed to confirm the suspicion for multicentric breast cancer.

Imaging Details

  • Pre-contrast: Round mass lesion with hypodense (necrotic/liquid) centre. Images are suspicious for more than one lesion.
  • Post-contrast: The palpable mass enhances the contrast material inhomogeneously. Several other contrast enhancing masses with irregular and smooth margins in more than one quadrant of the breast are delineated.

Assessment: BI-RADS 5

 

Click on the images for details

MULTICENTRIC BREAST CANCER | 3D volume rendering - post-contrast (sagittal view)
MULTICENTRIC BREAST CANCER | transverse view - pre-contrast MULTICENTRIC BREAST CANCER | transverse view - post-contrast MULTICENTRIC BREAST CANCER | 3D volume rendering - pre-contrast MULTICENTRIC BREAST CANCER | 3D volume rendering post-contrast

Real 3D breast imaging (Demo)

Demonstration of the 3D imaging capabilities and work-up of nu:view breast CT (i.v. contrast media).

Images courtesy of: Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Andreas Boss (USZ – University Hospital Zurich), Prof. Dr. med. Evelyn Wenkel (University Hospital Erlangen) (focus case). Video courtesy of: Dr. med. Karsten Ridder (MVZ Prof. Dr. Uhlenbrock und Partner)

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