Abstract: A nuclear medicine technique for detecting and localizing carcinomas in the breasts of patients with dense breast. In the method, a patient with dense breast is administering a dose of Technetium-99m Sestamibi, or another nuclear medicine substance which selectively accumulates in breast carcinomas. The breast is then imaged with a nuclear medicine detector to image the carcinomas with the accumulated nuclear medicine agent and localize the carcinomas in real time and in three dimensions. The imaging can be done in a first plane with the detector perpendicular to a lateral side of the breast and also in a second plane parallel to the patient's chest wall.

Abstract: A nuclear medicine guided system and method for stereotaxic localization of breast carcinoma lesion sites, used in conjunction with a nuclear medicine detection device, of a patient who has been injected with a radioactive substance which preferentially accumulates in carcinoma lesion sites. The system includes a table, a pair of fenestrated paddles, and a guide means. The table has a top surface, upon which the patient lies in a prone position, and at least one opening through which the patient's breast being examined will pendulously protrude therethrough. A pair of fenestrated paddles are positioned under the bottom surface of the table in the vicinity of the opening, and are moveable relative to each other to compress the patient's breast therebetween. The guide is positioned under the table in the vicinity of the opening. The guide has plurality of moveable sighting guides, each moveable along one of three orthogonal axes, and each sighting guide having a radioactive sighting line located thereon.

Abstract: A scintigraphy guided system for stereotaxic localization of breast carcinomas, used in conjunction with a scintillation detection device, of a patient who has been injected with a radioactive substance which preferentially accumulates in carcinomas. The system includes a table, a pair of fenestrated paddles, and a guide means. The table has a top surface, upon which the patient lies in a prone position, and at least one opening through which the patient's breast being examined will pendulously protrude therethrough. A pair of fenestrated paddles are positioned under the bottom surface of the table in the vicinity of the opening, and are moveable relative to each other to compress the patient's breast therebetween. The guide is positioned under the table in the vicinity of the opening. The guide has plurality of moveable sighting guides, each moveable along one of three orthogonal axes, and each sighting guide having a radioactive sighting line located thereon.