Evaluation of software for reading images of the CDMAM test object to assess digital mammography systems

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6913, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Young, Kenneth C ^a   Alsager, Abdulaziz ^a   Oduko, Jennifer M ^a   Bosmans, Hilde ^b   Verbrugge, Beatrijs ^b   Geertse, Tanya ^c   Van Engen, Ruben ^c  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alternative forced choice; CDMAM phantom; Contrast detail; Digital mammography; Observer performance; Quality control

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GOLD COMPOUNDS; IMAGE QUALITY; QUALITY CONTROL;

CDMAM PHANTOM; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER PERFORMANCE;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 43149098550     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.770571     Document Type: Conference Paper

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