Characterization of diffraction-enhanced imaging contrast in breast cancer

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3247-3256

  Kao, T ^a   Connor, D ^a   Dilmanian, F A ^a,b   Faulconer, L ^c   Liu, T ^a   Parham, C ^a,c   Pisano, E D ^d   Zhong, Z ^a,e  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e St Francis Hospital The Heart Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST TISSUES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFRACTION-ENHANCED IMAGING; HIGH CONTRAST; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; HIGH-SENSITIVITY; HUMAN BREAST CANCER; ORGANIZED STRUCTURE; PRE-CLINICAL; REFRACTION CONTRASTS; UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA; X-RAY ENERGIES; XRAY IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DIFFRACTION; LIGHT; X RAY TUBES;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY TUBE; BREAST TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67650723256     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/10/019     Document Type: Article

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