Design and Implementation of a Compact Low-Dose Diffraction Enhanced Medical Imaging System

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 911-917

  Parham, Christopher ^a   Zhong, Zhong ^a   Connor, Dean M ^a   Chapman, L Dean ^a   Pisano, Etta D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

analyzer based imaging; Diffraction enhanced imaging; low dose; mammography; refraction; soft tissue

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; NYLON; TUNGSTEN;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REFRACTION INDEX; THICKNESS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY TUBE;

BODY BURDEN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 67649527285     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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