The digital mammography program at the sr light source in trieste

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 6 PART 2, 1997, Pages 2395-2399

  Arfelli, F ^a   Barbiellini, G ^a   Bonvicini, V ^a   Bravin, A ^b   Cantatore, G ^b   Castelli, E ^c   Dalla Palma, L ^c  

^a SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Ist di Radiol dell'Univ   (Italy)

^c SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MONOCHROMATORS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PROTONS; RADIATION COUNTERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; VLSI CIRCUITS;

DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031344091     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.656441     Document Type: Article

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