Methodology for determining dose reduction for chest tomosynthesis

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6510, Issue PART 2, 2007, Pages

  Li, Christina M ^a,b   Dobbins III, James T ^a,b,c  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital x ray imaging (DX); Simulation (SIM); Tomosynthesis (RECON); X ray tomosynthesis (TSYN)

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGING (DX); TOMOSYNTHESIS (RECON); X-RAY TOMOSYNTHESIS (TSYN);

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 35148900372     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.713554     Document Type: Conference Paper

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