Scatter correction for clinical cone beam CT breast imaging based on breast phantom studies

Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-109

  Cai, Weixing ^a   Ning, Ruola ^a   Conover, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

breast imaging; Cone beam CT; scatter correction

Indexed keywords

BREAST IMAGING; BREAST PHANTOM; CHEST WALL; CLINICAL STUDY; CONE BEAM CT; CUPPING ARTIFACTS; DIFFERENT SIZES; FLAT-PANEL DETECTORS; LOCAL SCATTERING; PHANTOM SIZES; PHANTOM STUDIES; PROJECTION IMAGE; RECONSTRUCTION ERROR; SCATTER CORRECTION; SCATTER-TO-PRIMARY RATIO; SCATTERED RADIATIONS; SCATTERING CORRECTIONS; SCATTERING IMAGE; SCATTERING PROFILES; SMOOTH CURVES; SPR METHOD;

IMAGE QUALITY; SCATTERING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOPHYSICS; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

ARTIFACTS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 79952975909     PISSN: 08953996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/XST-2010-0280     Document Type: Article

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