Practical application of a scan-rotate equalization geometry to mammography

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1987-1996

  Sabol, John M ^a,b   Soutar, Ian C ^a,c   Plewes, D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

backprojection; equalization; film screen contrast; film screen latitude; mammography

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; EQUALIZERS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHANTOMS; TISSUE; TRANSMISSIONS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC BREAST PHANTOM; BACK-PROJECTION; EQUALIZATION; FIBROGLANDULAR TISSUE; FILM-SCREEN MAMMOGRAPHY; REGIONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL MODULATIONS; X-RAY TRANSMISSION;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; GEOMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030442649     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597770     Document Type: Article

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