A 3D linear system model for the optimization of dual-energy contrast-enhanced digital breast tomosynthesis

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7961, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hu, Yue Houng ^a   Zhao, Wei ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

contrast enhancement; Digital breast tomosynthesis; dual energy; linear system model

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL NOISE; ANGIOGENESIS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER DETECTION; CASCADED LINEAR SYSTEMS; CONSPICUITY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS; DUAL ENERGY; DUAL-ENERGY SUBTRACTION; FILTERED BACKPROJECTION ALGORITHM; IDEAL OBSERVERS; LINEAR SYSTEM MODEL; MALIGNANT TISSUES; NOISE TRANSFER; POWER-LAW; RADIO-OPAQUE; RECONSTRUCTION FILTERS; STRUCTURAL NOISE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); X-RAY TECHNIQUES; XRAY IMAGING;

DISEASES; IODINE; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; OBSERVABILITY; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TISSUE; X RAYS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 79955759987     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.878134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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