Dual resolution cone beam breast CT: A feasibility study

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 4007-4014

  Chen, Lingyun ^a   Shen, Youtao ^a   Lai, Chao Jen ^a   Han, Tao ^a   Zhong, Yuncheng ^a   Ge, Shuaiping ^a   Liu, Xinming ^a   Wang, Tianpeng ^a   Yang, Wei T ^a   Whitman, Gary J ^a   Shaw, Chris C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast imaging; Dose saving; Dual resolution cone beam CT; FDK reconstruction; Scatter reduction; VOI mask; Volume of interest

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; X RAYS;

BREAST IMAGING; CONE-BEAM CT; DOSE SAVING; FDK RECONSTRUCTION; VOLUME OF INTEREST;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARAFFIN; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOFTWARE; X-RAYS;

EID: 69549118593     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3187225     Document Type: Article

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