Retrospective analysis of a detector fault for a full field digital mammography system

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 5655-5673

  Marshall, N W ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATTENUATION; IMAGE QUALITY; NYQUIST DIAGRAMS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

DATA LINE DIRECTION; FULL FIELD DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY (FFDM); MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION (MTF); THRESHOLD CONTRASTS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; DIGITAL IMAGING; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AIR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 33751172327     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/21/018     Document Type: Article

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