Analysis of Position-Dependent Compton Scatter in Scintimammography with Mild Compression

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 5 II, 2003, Pages 1643-1649

  Williams, Mark B ^a   Narayanan, Deepa ^a   Moré, Mitali J ^a   Goodale, Patricia J ^a   Majewski, Stan ^b   Kieper, Douglas A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATOR FACILITY   (United States)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast imaging; Compton scatter; Multimodality; Scintimammography

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE COMPRESSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0142126397     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.817297     Document Type: Article

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