Evaluation of a CCD-based film digitizer for digital mammography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3032, Issue , 1997, Pages 282-291

  Kallergi, Maria ^a   Gavrielides, Marios A ^a   Gross, William W ^a   Clarke, Laurence P ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CAD; CCD; Digital mammography; Film digitizer; Quality control

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL CAMERAS; IMAGE QUALITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

APPLICATION QUALITY; CAD; CCD; CONTROL PROCEDURES; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL OUTPUT (DO); DYNAMIC RANGE (DR); FILM DIGITIZER; REPRODUCIBILITY; TROUBLE SHOOTING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33646659375     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.273995     Document Type: Conference Paper

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