Dual energy contrast enhanced breast imaging optimization using contrast to noise ratio

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6510, Issue PART 2, 2007, Pages

  Arvanitis, C D ^a   Royle, G ^a   Speller, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital mammography; Digital x ray imaging; Dual energy imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIA; EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAMMOGRAPHY; TISSUE;

DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL X RAY IMAGING; DUAL ENERGY IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 35148870971     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.713167     Document Type: Conference Paper

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