Quantification of breast density with dual energy mammography: An experimental feasibility study

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 793-801

  Ducote, Justin L ^a   Molloi, Sabee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast density; Breast imaging; Cancer; Dual energy; Mammography

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DISEASES; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

BASIS DECOMPOSITION; BREAST DENSITY; BREAST IMAGING; CANCER; DUAL ENERGY; DUAL-ENERGY MAMMOGRAPHIES; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; TUNGSTEN ANODE X-RAY TUBE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 75749108312     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3284975     Document Type: Article

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