Optimization of mammography with respect to anatomical noise

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7961, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Fredenberg, E ^a   Svensson, B ^b   Danielsson, M ^a   Lazzari, B ^c   Cederstrom B ^a  

^a ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

^b Sectra Mamea AB   (Sweden)

^c Pistoia General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

anatomical noise; beam quality; glandularity; mammography; observer model; optimization; quantum noise; spectral imaging

Indexed keywords

BEAM QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; SPECTROSCOPY; TUMORS; X RAY SCREENS;

ANATOMICAL NOISE; ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; GLANDULARITY; HIGH SPATIAL FREQUENCY; MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGING; OBSERVER MODELS; QUALITY OPTIMIZATION; SPECTRAL IMAGING;

QUANTUM NOISE;

EID: 79955748369     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.877985     Document Type: Conference Paper

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