Visibility of simulated microcalcifications - A hardcopy-based comparison of three mammographic systems

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 182-194

  Lai, Chao Jen ^a   Shaw, Chris C ^a   Whitman, Gary J ^a   Johnston, Dennis A ^a   Yang, Wei T ^a   Selinko, Veronica ^a   Arribas, Elsa ^a   Dogan, Basak ^a   Kappadath, S Cheenu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CALCIUM CARBONATE; CESIUM IODIDE; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT EMISSION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS; PHOSPHORS; SILICON DETECTORS; TISSUE; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON FLAT-PANEL; ANTHROPOMORPHIC BREAST PHANTOM; COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; FULL FIELD DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; STORAGE PHOSPHORS; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

SEARCH ENGINES;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON;

BREAST; CALCIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNIFICATION RADIOGRAPHY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MICROCALCIFICATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; SIMULATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

EID: 12844268023     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1833011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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