Dedicated breast CT: Radiation dose and image quality evaluation

Radiology

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 657-667

  Boone, J M ^a   Nelson, T R ^a   Lindfors, K K ^a   Seibert, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms, CT; Breast neoplasms, radiography; Breast radiography, radiation dose; Computed tomography (CT), radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CADAVER; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE CALCULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035190741     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2213010334     Document Type: Article

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