A comparison of lesion detection accuracy using digital mammography and flat-panel CT breast imaging

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5745, Issue II, 2005, Pages 860-869

  Gong, Xing ^a   Vedula, Aruna A ^a   Thacker, Samta ^a   Glick, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast imaging; Cone beam CT; Flat panel imager; Mammography; ROC observer study

Indexed keywords

BREAST IMAGING; CONE-BEAM CT; FLAT-PANEL IMAGER; ROC OBSERVER STUDY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844443511     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.594955     Document Type: Conference Paper

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