Evaluation of edge effect due to phase contrast imaging for mammography

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2690-2697

  Matsuo, Satoru ^a   Katafuchi, Tetsuro ^b   Tohyama, Keiko ^c   Morishita, Junji ^d   Yamada, Katsuhiko ^c   Fujita, Hiroshi ^e  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c Kyoto College of Medical Technology   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Edge enhancement; Mammography; Phase contrast imaging; Sharpness

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAMMOGRAPHY; SEED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY TUBES;

EDGE ENHANCEMENTS; GLANDULAR TISSUE; MICRO-FOCUS X-RAY TUBES; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING; SHARPNESS; SPATIAL FREQUENCY; SPATIAL FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

MOLYBDENUM;

ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EVALUATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 23944481829     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1992087     Document Type: Article

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