Experimental study of x-ray mammography in a fluid bath: Reduced radiation dose and improved detail resolution

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 678-684

  Richter, Kari ^a   Bick, Ulrich ^a   Juran, Ralf ^a   Petersein, Jan ^a   Martini, Ekkehard ^b   Strilek, Ralf ^b   Hamm, Bernd ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Landesanstalt Personendosimetrie S   (Germany)

Author keywords

Detail resolution; Exposure equalization; Mammography; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

AIR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIQUID; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASKING; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032745179     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199911000-00003     Document Type: Article

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