Optimization of detector operation and imaging geometry for breast tomosynthesis

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6510, Issue PART 1, 2007, Pages

  Zhao, Wei ^a   Zhao, Bo ^a   Fisher, Paul R ^a   Warmoes, Patrick ^b   Mertelmeier, Thomas ^c   Orman, Jasmina ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Anrad Corporation   (Canada)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amorphous selenium; Flat panel detectors; Tomosynthesis

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SELENIUM; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION (FBP); FLAT-PANEL DETECTORS; TOMOSYNTHESIS;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SELENIUM; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DETECTORS;

EID: 35148833931     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.713718     Document Type: Conference Paper

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