Image artifacts in digital breast tomosynthesis: Investigation of the effects of system geometry and reconstruction parameters using a linear system approach

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5242-5252

  Hu, Yue Houng ^a   Zhao, Bo ^a   Zhao, Wei ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ASF; Breast imaging; Linear system model; MTF; PSF; Tomosynthesis

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; IMAGE ACQUISITION; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MODULATION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY DETECTORS;

BREAST IMAGING; CASCADED LINEAR SYSTEMS; DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS; DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS (DBT); FILTERED BACKPROJECTION ALGORITHM; LINEAR SYSTEM MODEL; RECONSTRUCTION PARAMETERS; TOMOSYNTHESIS;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 56749186140     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2996110     Document Type: Article

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