Analysis of lung nodule detectability and anatomical clutter in tomosynthesis imaging of the chest

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7258, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Yoon, Sungwon ^a   Gang, Jianan G ^b   Tward, Daniel J ^c   Siewerdsen, Jeffrey H ^b,c,d   Fahrig, Rebecca ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anatomical clutter; Anthropomorphic phantom; Chest imaging; Detectability; Lung nodule; Power spectrum; Tomosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL CLUTTER; ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOM; CHEST IMAGING; DETECTABILITY; LUNG NODULE; TOMOSYNTHESIS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POWER SPECTRUM; RESTORATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 66749120246     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.813836     Document Type: Conference Paper

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