Physical characteristics of a clinical prototype for full-field digital mammography with an a-Se flat panel detector

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5030 II, Issue , 2003, Pages 656-666

  Lazzari, Barbara ^a   Belli, Giacomo ^a   Gori, Cesare ^a   Nykänen, Kirsi ^b  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b GE Healthcare Finland Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amorphous selenium; DQE; Flat panel; Full field digital mammography; MTF; NFS

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

SPATIAL FREQUENCY;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0042376206     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.479989     Document Type: Conference Paper

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