A laser-driven undulator x-ray source: Simulation of image formation and dose deposition in mammography

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7961, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Müller, Bernhard ^a,b   Schlattl, Helmut ^b   Grüner, Florian ^a   Hoeschen, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geant4 simulation; laser driven; mammography; quasi monochromic spectrum; X ray source

Indexed keywords

DOSE DEPOSITION; ELECTRON BEAM DYNAMICS; FEMALE BREAST; GEANT4 SIMULATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGE FORMATIONS; IMAGING PROCESS; INHERENT LIMITATIONS; JOINT PROJECTS; LASER-DRIVEN; MAMMOGRAPHIC; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; QUASI-MONOCHROMATIC; QUASI-MONOCHROMIC SPECTRUM; SCATTERING PROCESS; SHORT PERIODS; SOFTWARE TOOLKITS; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; UNDULATOR RADIATION; UNDULATORS; VOXEL PHANTOMS; X RAY RADIATION; X-RAY GENERATION; X-RAY SOURCE; X-RAY SOURCES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON SOURCES; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; WIGGLERS; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAY PRODUCTION; X RAY TUBES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 79955765965     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.877851     Document Type: Conference Paper

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