Preliminary feasibility study of an in-line phase contrast X-ray imaging prototype

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2249-2257

  Zhang, Da ^a   Donovan, Molly ^a   Fajardo, Laurie L ^b   Archer, Ann ^c   Wu, Xizeng ^d   Liu, Hong ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast detail; Contrast detail mammography (CDMAM); Human breast core biopsy; In line phase contrast; Lumpectomy specimen

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; HEALTH; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STANDARDS; TUNGSTEN; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS; CONTRAST DETAIL; CONTRAST DETAIL MAMMOGRAPHY (CDMAM); CONTRAST-DETAIL ANALYSIS; DIGITAL FLAT PANEL DETECTOR; EDGE ENHANCEMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMAN BREAST; HUMAN BREAST CORE BIOPSY; IMAGING EXPERIMENTS; IMAGING MODES; IN-LINE; IN-LINE PHASE CONTRAST; IN-LINE PHASE CONTRAST IMAGING; LUMPECTOMY SPECIMEN; MICROFOCUS X-RAY; PHASE CONTRAST; PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING; PHASE-CONTRAST X-RAY IMAGING; PROTOTYPE SYSTEMS;

IMAGE RESOLUTION;

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PHANTOM; X RAY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAMMOGRAPHY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 50049128307     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.919136     Document Type: Article

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