Comparison of scintimammography and dedicated emission mammotomography

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 2818-2822

  Tornai, Martin P ^a,b   Brzymialkiewicz, Caryl N ^a,b   Cutler, Spencer J ^a,b   Madhav, Priti ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast imaging; Compression; CZT detector; Mammotomography; Scintimammography; SPECT

Indexed keywords

BREAST IMAGING; CZT; MAMMOTOPOGRAPHY; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; SPECT;

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA COMPRESSION; DETECTORS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; POLYETHYLENES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844549425     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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