Development and Monte Carlo analysis of antiscatter grids for mammography

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 441-447

  Boone, John M ^a   Makarova, Olga V ^b   Zyryanov, Vladislav N ^b   Tang, Cha Mei ^b   Mancini, Derrick C ^c   Moldovan, Nikolaie ^c   Divan, Ralu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CREATV MICROTECH INC   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GOLD;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0038335840     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460200100604     Document Type: Article

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