Evaluation of a variable dose acquisition technique for microcalcification and mass detection in digital breast tomosynthesis

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1976-1984

  Das, Mini ^a   Gifford, Howard C ^a   O'Connor, J Michael ^a   Glick, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast tomosynthesis; Dose; Mass detection; Microcalcification

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS; DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS; DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS (DBT); DOSE; LOCALIZATION RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; MASS DETECTION; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CALCIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICROCALCIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 66449115784     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3116902     Document Type: Article

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