Breast cancer diagnosis using neutron stimulated emission computed tomography: Dose and count requirements

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6142 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Floyd Jr , Carey E ^a,b,c   Bender, Janelle E ^a,b   Harrawood, Brian ^b   Sharma, Amy C ^a,b   Kapadia, Anuj ^a,b   Tourassi, Georgia D ^b   Lo, Joseph Y ^a,b,c   Howell, Calvin ^d  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TRIANGLE UNIVERSITIES NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neutrons in Imaging; Novel Methods (OT); Simulation (SIM)

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS; NEUTRON STIMULATED EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (NSECT); NEUTRONS IN IMAGING; SIMULATION (SIM); SPECTROGRAPH;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; NEUTRON BEAMS; ONCOLOGY; SPECTROGRAPHS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745368905     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.656045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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