3D data acquisition sampling strategies for dedicated emission mammotomography for various breast sizes

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 2596-2600

  Brzymialkiewicz, Caryl N ^a   Tornai, Martin P ^a   McKinley, Randolph L ^a   Cutler, Spencer J ^a   Bowsher, James E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast imaging; CZT detector; Emission mammotomography; Single photon emission computed tomography; Three dimensional orbits

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHOTODETECTORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BREAST IMAGING; CZT DETECTORS; EMISSION MAMMOTOMOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ORBITS;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844478988     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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