Physical and psychophysical characterization of a novel clinical system for digital mammography

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5139-5148

  Rivetti, Stefano ^a,b   Lanconelli, Nico ^a   Bertolini, Marco ^c   Borasi, Giovanni ^c   Golinelli, Paola ^b   Acchiappati, Domenico ^b   Gallo, Ennio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b AUSL Modena   (Italy)

^c S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amorphous selenium; Digital mammography; Direct conversion detector; Optical readout

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; MAMMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SELENIUM; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; X RAYS;

AMORPHOUS SELENIUM; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DIRECT CONVERSION DETECTORS; FULL FIELD DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL READOUT; OPTICAL SWITCHING TECHNOLOGY; THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR (TFTS);

X RAY DETECTORS;

SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGHT; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; X RAY;

EID: 70350708121     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3245879     Document Type: Article

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