Importance of point-by-point back projection correction for isocentric motion in digital breast tomosynthesis: Relevance to morphology of structures such as microcalcifications

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3885-3892

  Chen, Ying ^a,b   Lo, Joseph Y ^c   Dobbins III, James T ^c  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b Southern Illinois University at Carbondale   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Back projection; Mammography; Microcalcifications; Shift and add (SAA); Tomosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; TUBES (COMPONENTS); X RAY DETECTORS; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

3D RECONSTRUCTION; BACK PROJECTION; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; SHIFT-AND-ADD; TOMOSYNTHESIS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BREAST; CALCIFICATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DIGITAL IMAGING; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 34748867737     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2776256     Document Type: Article

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