A comparison of reconstruction algorithms for C-arm mammography tomosynthesis

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3018-3032

  Rakowski, Joseph T ^a   Dennis, Michael J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Algebraic reconstruction; Digital mammography; Iterative reconstruction; Tomosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; FOCUSING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; PHANTOMS; ROBOTIC ARMS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGEBRAIC RECONSTRUCTION; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; SIGNAL-TO-BACKGROUND RATIO; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSIES; TOMOSYNTHESIS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

MOLYBDENUM; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33746658617     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2219090     Document Type: Article

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