Quantification of breast density with dual energy mammography: A simulation study

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5411-5418

  Ducote, Justin L ^a   Molloi, Sabee ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast density; Dual energy; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ANODES; MAMMOGRAPHY; TISSUE; TUNGSTEN; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

ADIPOSE AND GLANDULAR TISSUES; BREAST DENSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION MODEL; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY SYSTEM; DUAL ENERGY; DUAL-ENERGY MAMMOGRAPHIES; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; TUNGSTEN ANODE X-RAY TUBE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 56749163915     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3002308     Document Type: Article

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