A comparison of reconstruction algorithms for breast tomosynthesis

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2636-2647

  Wu, Tao ^a   Moore, Richard H ^a   Rafferty, Elizabeth A ^a   Kopans, Daniel B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Cone beam volume imaging; Digital mammography; Iterative reconstruction; Tomosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CESIUM IODIDE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MEDICAL IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL;

3D RECONSTRUCTION; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; TOMOSYNTHESIS; VOLUME IMAGING;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BACK PROJECTION ALGORITHM; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FELDKAMP FILTERED BACK PROJECTION ALGORITHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 4644334876     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1786692     Document Type: Article

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