Development of an optimal X-ray beam for dual-mode emission and transmission mammotomography

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 527, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 102-109

  McKinley, Randolph L ^a,b,d   Tornai, Martin P ^a,b   Samei, Ehsan ^a,b,c   Bradshaw, Marques L ^a,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam hardening; Beam optimization; Exposure efficiency; Mammotomography; SNR; Spectral quality

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARDENING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOGRAPHY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TUMORS; TUNGSTEN; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BEAM HARDENING; BEAM OPTIMIZATION; EXPOSURE EFFICIENCY; MAMMOTOMOGRAPHY; SNR; SPECTRAL QUALITY; UNCOMPRESSED BREASTS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 2942711891     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.03.084     Document Type: Conference Paper

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