A comprehensive analysis of DgNCT coefficients for pendant-geometry cone-beam breast computed tomography

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 226-235

  Boone, J M ^a   Shah, N ^a   Nelson, T R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast Cancer; Breast imaging; Computed tomography; Mammography; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SCANNING; X RAYS;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST IMAGING; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS; MONTE CARLO DOSE COMPUTATIONS; MONTE CARLO RESULTS; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE CALCULATION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 1242316319     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1636571     Document Type: Article

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