Thickness of molybdenum filter and squared contrast-to-noise ratio per dose for digital mammography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 960-963

  Nishino, Thomas K ^a   Wu, Xizeng ^b   Johnson Jr , Raleigh F ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLYBDENUM; SILICON;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THICKNESS; X RAY TUBE; BREAST TUMOR; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MOLYBDENUM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 32944467046     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1489     Document Type: Article

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