Evaluating the impact of x-ray spectral shape on image quality in flat-panel CT breast imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-24

  Glick, Stephen J ^a   Thacker, Samta ^b   Gong, Xing ^c   Liu, Bob ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; X RAYS;

ACQUISITION PARAMETERS; BREAST IMAGING SYSTEM; FIGURE OF MERITS; LESION DETECTION; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; MEAN GLANDULAR DOSE; NOISE PROPAGATION; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BREAST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY;

EID: 33845955419     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2388574     Document Type: Article

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