Scattered radiation in scanning slot mammography

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 7 I, 1998, Pages 1111-1117

  Jing, Zhenxue ^a   Huda, Walter ^a,c   Walker, James K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Nanoptics Inc   (United States)

^c University Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Air gap; Digital mammography; Monte Carlo simulation; Scatter; Slot detector

Indexed keywords

COMPTON SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; PHOTONS; SCATTERING; X RAYS;

AIR-GAPS; AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM THICKNESS; SCANNING SLOT DETECTORS; SCATTERED RADIATIONS; SLOT DETECTOR; X-RAY PHOTON ENERGY;

X RAY DETECTORS;

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODEL; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031841920     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598433     Document Type: Article

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