Progress in the development of a dedicated breast CT scanner

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5368, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 304-310

  Kwan, Alexander ^a   Shah, Nikula ^a   Burkett, George ^a   Seibert, J Anthony ^a   Lindfors, Karen K ^a   Nelson, Thomas R ^b   Boone, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast imaging; Computed tomography; Cone beam; DQE; Mammography; MTF; X ray

Indexed keywords

BREAST IMAGING; CONE-BEAM; DQE; MTF;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MODAL ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOLOGY; STEEL; THALLIUM; TUMORS; X RAYS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 3042546840     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.537029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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