Physical characteristics of five clinical systems for digital mammography

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2730-2743

  Lazzari, B ^a   Belli, G ^a   Gori, C ^a   Rosselli Del Turco, M ^b  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

DQE; Flat panel; Full field digital mammography; IDQE; MTF; NPS; Response curve

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BINARY ALLOYS; MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS; NEPTUNIUM; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTUM NOISE; RHODIUM ALLOYS; TUNGSTEN ALLOYS;

DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FLAT PANEL; FULL FIELD DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; IDQE; NOISE EQUIVALENT QUANTA; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; RESPONSE CURVES;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PHYSICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAMMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGFA;

HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34347399809     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2742498     Document Type: Article

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