Optimizing beam quality for X-ray computed mammotomography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5030 II, Issue , 2003, Pages 575-584

  McKinley, Randolph L ^a,b   Tornai, Martin P ^a,b   Samei, Ehsan ^a,b   Bradshaw, Marques L ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam hardening; Beam optimization; Contrast; Image quality; Mammotomography; Monochromatic; Noise; SNR; Source filtration; Spectral quality

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MONOCHROMATORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY TUBES;

BEAM HARDENING;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0042376213     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.480231     Document Type: Conference Paper

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