Evaluation of x-ray diffraction enhanced imaging in the diagnosis of breast cancer

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 419-427

  Liu, Chenglin ^a,b   Yan, Xiaohui ^a   Zhang, Xinyi ^a,c   Yang, Wentao ^d   Peng, Weijun ^d   Shi, Daren ^d   Zhu, Peiping ^e   Huang, Wanxia ^e   Yuan, Qingxi ^e  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANCHENG TEACHERS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shanghai Research Center of Acupuncture and Meridian   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; TUMORS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL MEDICAL IMAGING; DOUBLE CRYSTAL DIFFRACTOMETERS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ABSORPTION; ALGORITHM; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAYS;

EID: 33947715628     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/2/008     Document Type: Article

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