Investigation of the effect of anode/filter materials on the dose and image quality of a digital mammography system based on an amorphous selenium flat panel detector

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 988, 2010, Pages 290-295

  Baldelli, P ^a   Phelan, N ^a   Egan, G ^a  

^a BreastCheck   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMARY GLAND; THICKNESS;

ALGORITHMS; FILTRATION; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 77950565908     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/60404532     Document Type: Article

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