Investigation of emission contamination in the transmission image of a dual modality computed mammotomography system

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6142 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Crotty, Dominic J ^a,b   Bryzmialkiewicz, Carvl N ^a,b   McKinley, Randolph L ^a,b   Tornai, Martin P ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Dual modality; Emission contamination; Flat panel detector; Mammotomography; SPECT

Indexed keywords

DUAL MODALITY; EMISSION CONTAMINATION; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; MAMMOTOMOGRAPHY; SPECT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ERROR CORRECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVITY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33745377441     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.654580     Document Type: Conference Paper

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