Press Room - The Cone Beam Breast Computed Tomography (CBBCT) scanner

The Cone Beam Breast Computed Tomography (CBBCT) scanner

Avice O’Connell, M.D.
Director of Women’s Imaging
University of Rochester Medical Center

00:30 - Benefits of 3D imaging through Cone Beam CT

1:13 - "let’s you see behind the breast."

1:45 - Which women are best suited for this technology

2:17 - Radiation exposure in CBCT is similar to traditional mammography

3:00 - Dr. O’Connell views scans on a monitor

3:30 - Cone Beam CT table, various shots with and without technician in background

4:58 - Technician preparing patient for the scan

6:08 - Patient on the table, patient going up and down on the table.
** Patient’s breast is exposed

8:20 - Animation of how the machine works

8:40 - Cone Beam CT scan as is appears on the monitor

10:40 - Images of breast rotating on monitor

11:50 - Finger points to tumor on breast

13:30 - Side-by-side comparison of Cone Beam CT images and mammogram

17:00 - Still shot of mammogram

18:00 - Still shot of Cone Beam CT image

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