Monte Carlo simulation of x-ray scatter based on patient model from digital breast tomosynthesis

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6142 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Liu, Bob ^a   Wu, Tao ^a,b   Moore, Richard H ^a   Kopans, Daniel B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOLOGIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital mammography; Monte Carlo simulation; Scatter correction; Tomosynthesis

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; GE (CO); SCATTER CORRECTION; TOMOSYNTHESIS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY SCATTERING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33745421470     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.650193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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