First results with real-time selenium-based full-field digital mammography three-dimensional imaging system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5368, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 922-929

  Lehtimäki, Mari ^a   Pamilo, Martti ^b   Raulisto, Leena ^b   Kalke, Martti ^a  

^a GE Healthcare Finland Oy   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

3D FFDM; a Se; Breast Cancer; Selenium technology; TACT; Tomosynthesis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PROJECTION SCREENS; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TUMORS;

3D FFDM; A-SE; BREAST CANCER; FULL FIELD DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY (FFDM); SELENIUM TECHNOLOGY; TACT; TOMOSYNTHESIS; TUNED APERTURE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (TACT);

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 3042595436     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.533393     Document Type: Conference Paper

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