The effect of angular dose distribution on the detection of microcalcifications in digital breast tomosynthesis

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2455-2466

  Hu, Yue Houng ^a   Zhao, Wei ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

breast imaging; detectability; ideal observer; linear system model; microcalcifications; MTF; NPS; tomosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CHEMICAL DETECTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEPTUNIUM; OBJECT DETECTION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY DETECTORS;

BREAST IMAGING; DETECTABILITY; IDEAL OBSERVERS; LINEAR SYSTEM MODEL; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; TOMOSYNTHESIS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 79955767400     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3570580     Document Type: Article

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