Simulation of dose reduction in tomosynthesis

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 258-269

  Svalkvist, Angelica ^a,b   Bth, Magnus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Detective quantum efficiency; Digital radiotherapy; Dose reduction; DQE; Image quality; Noise power spectrum; NPS; Optimization; Simulation; Tomography; Tomosynthesis

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NEPTUNIUM; OPTIMIZATION; PIXELS; POWER SPECTRUM; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; TOMOGRAPHY;

DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; DOSE REDUCTION; NOISE POWER SPECTRUM; SIMULATION; TOMOSYNTHESIS;

IMAGE DENOISING;

EID: 73649123166     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3273064     Document Type: Article

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