Monte Carlo studies on the influence of focal spot size and intensity distribution on spatial resolution in magnification mammography

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1369-1384

  Koutalonis, M ^a   Delis, H ^a   Spyrou, G ^a,b   Costaridou, L ^a   Tzanakos, G ^c   Panayiotakis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDGE DETECTION; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

FOCAL SPOT SIZE; MAGNIFICATION MAMMOGRAPHY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAGNIFICATION RADIOGRAPHY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ARTIFACTS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOGRAPHIC MAGNIFICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 42649136187     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/5/013     Document Type: Article

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