A theoretical study on phase-contrast mammography with Thomson-scattering x-ray sources

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4644-4653

  De Caro, Liberato ^a,b   Giannini, Cinzia ^a,b   Bellotti, Roberto ^b,c   Tangaro, Sabina ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mammography; Phase contrast imaging; Thomson scattering

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON SOURCES; HOSPITALS; LIGHT; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS; TUMORS; VISIBILITY; WAVE PROPAGATION; X RAY APPARATUS;

COMPLEX REFRACTIVE INDEX; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION SOURCE; THEORETICAL MODELING; THOMSON SCATTERING;

X RAYS;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTRAST; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHASE CONTRAST MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTION INDEX; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; THOMSON SCATTERING X RAY;

EID: 70349658750     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3213086     Document Type: Article

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