Monte Carlo generated mammograms: Development and validation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3341-3357

  Spyrou, G ^a   Tzanakos, G ^b   Bakas, A ^c   Panayiotakis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN APPARATUS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; X RAY;

EID: 0031797288     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/11/012     Document Type: Article

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