Three-dimensional linear system analysis for breast tomosynthesis

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5219-5232

  Zhao, Bo ^a   Zhao, Wei ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous selenium; Breast imaging; DQE; Flat panel detector; Focal spot blur; Linear system model; MTF; NPS; Tomosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEPTUNIUM; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

AMORPHOUS SELENIUM; BREAST IMAGING; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; FOCAL SPOT; LINEAR SYSTEM MODEL; TOMOSYNTHESIS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS; FILTER REACTOR; GEOMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 56749165474     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2996014     Document Type: Article

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