Anthropomorphic breast phantoms for preclinical evaluation with transmission or emission imaging

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5746, Issue II, 2005, Pages 825-834

  Tornai, Martin P ^a,b   McKinley, Randolph L ^a,b   Brzymialkiewicz, Caryl N ^a,b   Cutler, Spencer J ^a,b   Crotty, Dominic J ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Breast imaging; Compressible; CT; Incompressible; Mammotomography; Phantoms; Radiography; Simulation; Tissue

Indexed keywords

BREAST IMAGING; COMPRESSIBLE; INCOMPRESSIBLE; MAMMOTOMOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE; X RAYS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 23844432315     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.596094     Document Type: Conference Paper

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