A novel approach to digital breast tomosynthesis for simultaneous acquisition of 2D and 3D images

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1207-1213

  Vecchio, Sara ^a   Albanese, Achille ^b   Vignoli, Paolo ^b   Taibi, Angelo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Internazionale Medico Scientifica Srl   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast phantom; Digital mammography; Tomosynthesis; Variable dose; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79959248511     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-2041-y     Document Type: Article

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