Numerical algorithms for polyenergetic digital breast tomosynthesis reconstruction

SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-152

  Chung, Julianne ^a   Nagy, James G ^b   Sechopoulos, Ioannis ^c  

^a University of Maryland ^*  (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam hardening artifacts; Breast imaging; Digital tomosynthesis; Iterative methods; Mammography; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR RANGE; BEAM HARDENING; BREAST CANCER IMAGING; BREAST IMAGING; DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS; DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; OVERALL QUALITY; PARTIAL SEPARATION; PROJECTION IMAGE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; SIMULATED DATA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); TOMOSYNTHESIS; X-RAY SOURCES;

ALGORITHMS; HARDENING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 78651565990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19364954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/090749633     Document Type: Article

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