Experimental spectral measurements of heavy K-edge filtered beams for x-ray computed mammotomography

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 603-616

  Crotty, D J ^a,b   McKinley, R L ^a,b   Tornai, M P ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON EMISSION; OPTICAL FILTERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

BREAST IMAGING; DUAL VIEW MAMMOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT); SPECTRAL MEASUREMENTS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

CERIUM; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FILTRATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; X RAY; BIOPHYSICS; BREAST TUMOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS;

BIOPHYSICS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34047262505     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/3/005     Document Type: Article

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