Dual-energy digital mammography for calcification imaging: Noise reduction techniques

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 5421-5443

  Kappadath, S Cheenu ^a   Shaw, Chris C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CALCIUM CARBONATE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDIAN FILTERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHANTOMS; TISSUE; VISIBILITY;

BACKGROUND REGION; CALCIUM CARBONATE CRYSTALS; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY SYSTEM; FULL-FIELD IMAGING; NOISE REDUCTION TECHNIQUE; VARYING BACKGROUND;

IMAGE DENOISING;

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

EID: 51849117172     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/19/010     Document Type: Article

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