Implementation and Initial Characterization of Acquisition Orbits With a Dedicated Emission Mammotomograph

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 413-420

  Archer, Caryl N ^a   Tomai, Martin P ^a   Pieper, Brett C ^a   Bowsher, James E ^a   Metzler, Scott D ^a   Jaszczak, Ronald J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast imaging; mammotomography; single photon emission computed tomography; three dimensional orbits

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOSPHORS; TISSUE; X RAY CAMERAS;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; BREAST IMAGING; MAMMOTOMOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ORBITS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037706081     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.812433     Document Type: Article

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