Dual-energy contrast-enhanced digital breast tomosynthesis - A feasibility study

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 988, 2010, Pages 344-350

  Carton, A K ^a   Gavenonis, S C ^a   Currivan, J A ^a   Conant, E F ^a   Schnall, M D ^a   Maidment, A D A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODIXANOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DUAL ENERGY CONTRAST ENHANCED DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS; EVALUATION; FILTER; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING; KINETICS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 77950555103     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/80279516     Document Type: Article

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