Production design and evaluation of a novel breast phantom with various breast glandular fractions

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 647-652

  Fujisaki, Tatsuya ^a   Kimura, Masaya ^b   Saitoh, Hidetoshi ^c   Abe, Shinji ^a   Hiraoka, Takeshi ^d  

^a IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Kyoto Kagaku Co   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glandular fraction; Mammography; Phantom

Indexed keywords

URETHAN;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; MAMMARY GLAND; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM;

BREAST; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RESINS, SYNTHETIC; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; URETHANE;

EID: 33846806113     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-006-0083-5     Document Type: Article

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