Initial study of quasi-monochromatic X-ray beam performance for X-ray computed mammotomography

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 2999-3003

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

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPOSURE EFFICIENCY; MAMMOTOMOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT); X-RAY BEAMS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILTRATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONOCHROMATORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; X RAYS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 11844271998     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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