Contrast-enhanced dual-energy subtraction imaging using electronic spectrum-splitting and multi-prism x-ray lenses

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6913, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Fredenberg, Erik ^a   Cederström, Björn ^a   Lundqvist, Mats ^b   Ribbing, Carolina ^c   Åslund, Magnus ^b   Diekmann, Felix ^d   Nishikawa, Robert ^e   Danielsson, Mats ^a  

^a ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

^b Sectra Mamea AB   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced; Dual energy subtraction; Energy filtering; Mammography; Multi prism lens; X ray optics

Indexed keywords

LENSES; MAMMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SILICON DETECTORS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DUAL-ENERGY SUBTRACTION (DES); ENERGY FILTERING; MULTI-PRISM LENS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 43149123146     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.770501     Document Type: Conference Paper

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