A digital system based on a bi-chromatic X ray source and a single photon counting device: A single exposure dual energy mammography approach

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4682, Issue , 2002, Pages 620-632

  Bisogni, M G ^a   Fabbri, S ^b   Gambaccini, M ^b   Marziani, M ^b   Novelli, M ^a   Quattrocchi, M ^c   Rosso, V ^a   Russo, P ^c   Sarnelli, A ^c   Stefanini, A ^a   Zucca, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital mammography; Dual energy; Pixel detectors; Quasi monochromatic X ray beams

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MONOCHROMATORS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTONS; TISSUE; X RAYS;

DUAL ENERGIES; PIXEL DETECTORS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 18644378201     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.465607     Document Type: Article

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