Computer simulation of CT mammography using a flat-panel imager

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5030 I, Issue , 2003, Pages 349-360

  Vedula, Aruna A ^a   Glick, Stephen J ^a   Gong, Xing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Flat panel detector; Mammography; Projection; Ray tracing; Reconstruction; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SENSORS; PHOSPHORS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RAY TRACING; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

FLAT-PANEL IMAGERS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0041875195     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.480015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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