The effect of breast compression on mass conspicuity in digital mammography

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4464-4473

  Saunders, Robert S ^a   Samei, Ehsan ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast compression; Digital mammography; Monte Carlo; Signal difference to noise ratio (SdNR)

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

BREAST COMPRESSION; DETECTOR SIGNALS; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY SYSTEM; FLUX CONDITIONS; GLANDULAR DOSE; MONTE CARLO; NOISE RATIO; PHOTON FLUX; SIGNAL DIFFERENCE TO NOISE RATIO;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST COMPRESSION; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

PENELOPE;

EID: 52949135884     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2977600     Document Type: Article

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