Radiologist Evaluation of an X-ray Tube-Based Diffraction-Enhanced Imaging Prototype Using Full-Thickness Breast Specimens

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1329-1337

  Faulconer, Laura ^a   Parham, Chris ^e   Connor, Dean M ^b   Zhong, Zhong ^f   Kim, Eunhee ^d   Zeng, Donglin ^d   Livasy, Chad ^b   Cole, Elodia ^b,c   Kuzmiak, Cherie ^b   Koomen, Marcia ^b   Pavic, Dag ^b   Pisano, Etta ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; Diffraction enhanced imaging; phase contrast; reader study; synchrotron

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ENHANCED IMAGING PROTOTYPE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 70349762597     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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