Characterization of scatter in cone-beam CT breast imaging: Comparison of experimental measurements and Monte Carlo simulation

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 857-869

  Chen, Yu ^a,d   Liu, Bob ^b   O'Connor, J Michael ^a,c   Didier, Clay S ^a,c   Glick, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Cone beam CT; Monte Carlo; Scatter; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; SCATTERING; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAY SCATTERING; X RAYS;

BREAST; CONE-BEAM CT; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; EMPIRICAL MEASUREMENT; SCATTER-TO-PRIMARY RATIO; SIMULATION; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 61349124780     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3077122     Document Type: Article

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