Flat panel detector-based cone beam volume CT breast imaging: Phantom and specimen study

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4682, Issue , 2002, Pages 218-227

  Ning, Ruola ^a   Conover, David ^a   Chen, Biao ^a   Schiffhauer, Linda ^a   Cullinan, Jeanne ^a   Ning, Yi ^a   Robinson, Arvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast imaging; Cone beam reconstruction; Cone beam volume CT; Digital mammography; Flat panel detector; Mammography

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE SENSORS; PHOTONS; SCANNING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TUMORS;

FLAT PANEL DETECTORS (FPD); PHANTOMS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036033435     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.465562     Document Type: Conference Paper

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