Optimization of tungsten x-ray spectra for digital mammography: A comparison of model to experiment

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3032, Issue , 1997, Pages 411-418

  André, Michael P ^a,b   Spivey, Brett A ^c  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ThermoTrex Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam filtration; Computational model; Digital mammography; Dose; Optimization; X ray spectra

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL CAMERAS; MOLYBDENUM; OPTIMIZATION; POROUS MATERIALS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RHODIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SILVER; TARGETS; TIN; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TUNGSTEN; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROGRAPHS; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

BEAM FILTRATION; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DOSE; X-RAY SPECTRA;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33745393884     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.274009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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