The effect of scatter and glare on image quality in contrast-enhanced breast imaging using an a-Si/CsI (Tl) full-field flat panel detector

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 920-928

  Carton, Ann Katherine ^a   Acciavatti, Raymond ^a   Kuo, Johnny ^a   Maidment, Andrew D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiscatter grid performance; Contrast enhanced digital breast tomosynthesis; Contrast enhanced digital mammography; Glare; Scatter; SDNR

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; GLARE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHANTOMS; SCATTERING; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANTI-SCATTER GRIDS; DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; FULL FIELD DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; SCATTER TRANSMISSION; SCATTER-TO-PRIMARY RATIO; SDNR;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 61549101239     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3077922     Document Type: Article

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