Analysis of signal propagation in optically coupled detectors for digital mammography: II. Lens and fibre optics

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 475-493

  Maidment, Andrew D A ^a,b   Yaffe, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY;

BIOPHYSICS; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 0029962020     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/3/010     Document Type: Article

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