Thickness-dependent scatter correction algorithm for digital mammography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4682, Issue , 2002, Pages 469-478

  González Trotter, Dinko E ^a   Eric Tkaczyk, J ^a   Kaufhold, John ^a   Claus, Bernhard E H ^a   Eberhard, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast to noise; Image processing; Mammography; Quantitation; Scatter correction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOTONS; X RAY OPTICS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036033488     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.465591     Document Type: Conference Paper

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