Contrast-enhanced dual-energy mammography using a scanned multislit system: Evaluation of a differential beam filtering technique

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Bornefalk, Hans ^a   Hemmendorff, Magnus ^b   Hjärn, Torbjörn ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Sectra Mamea AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST-ENHANCED DUAL-ENERGY IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL BEAM FILTERING TECHNIQUE; MULTISLIT SETUP; X-RAY BEAM;

CONTRAST MEDIA; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; SCANNING; TUMORS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548062288     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2727497     Document Type: Article

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