Calculation of the properties of digital mammograms using a computer simulation

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 395-398

  Hunt, R A ^a   Dance, David R ^a   Bakic, P R ^b   Maidment, A D A ^b   Sandborg, M ^c   Ullman, G ^c   Carlsson, G Alm ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST DUCT; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMARY GLAND; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SKIN EXAMINATION; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTIFACTS; BREAST; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 21244490063     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch519     Document Type: Article

References (5)

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