Mammography fixed grid versus reciprocating grid: Evaluation using cadaveric breasts as test objects

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 141-147

  Kimme Smith, C ^a   Sayre, J ^a   McCombs, M ^a   Gold, R H ^a   Bassett, L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; MEDICAL IMAGING;

FIXED GRIDS; MAMMOGRAPHY IMAGES; MASS DETECTION; NUMBER OF CLUSTERS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; TEST OBJECT;

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CALCIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0030066901     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597695     Document Type: Article

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