Evaluation of x-ray scatter properties in a dedicated cone-beam breast CT scanner

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2967-2975

  Kwan, Alexander L C ^a   Boone, John M ^a,b   Shah, Nikula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast imaging; Computed tomography; Cone beam; Mammography; Scatter to primary ratio; SPR; X ray

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS; SCANNING; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAYS;

BREAST IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS; CONE BEAM; CORRECTION TECHNIQUES; CYLINDRICAL PHANTOMS; REDUCTION TECHNIQUES; SCATTER CONTAMINATION; SCATTER-TO-PRIMARY RATIO;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREAST; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; EVALUATION; FILTER; IMAGE QUALITY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION SCATTERING; THICKNESS; X RAY;

EID: 25644435753     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1954908     Document Type: Article

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