Experimental study of Compton scattering reduction in digital mammographic imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 I, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2361-2365

  Amendolia, S R ^a   Bisogni, M G ^b   Delogu, P ^a   Fantacci, M E ^b   Novelli, M ^b   Oliva, P ^b   Quattrocchi, M ^b   Rosso, V ^b   Stefanini, A ^b   Zucca, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast; Mammography; Pixel detector; Scattered photons; Signal to noise ratio (SNR); Single photon counting chip

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DETECTORS; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; X RAYS;

COMPTON SCATTERING REDUCTION; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGING; IMAGE CONTRAST REDUCTION; X RAY DETECTOR; X RAY SENSOR;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0036816149     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.803816     Document Type: Article

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