Digital magnification mammography with matched incident exposure: Physical imaging properties and detectability of simulated microcalcifications

Radiological Physics and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 156-163

  Tanaka, Nobukazu ^a   Naka, Kentaro ^a,d   Fukushima, Hiroko ^b,e   Morishita, Junji ^c   Toyofuku, Fukai ^c   Ohki, Masafumi ^c   Higashida, Yoshiharu ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed radiography; Free response receiver operating characteristic (FROC) analysis; Magnification radiography; Microcalcification; Physical imaging properties

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL MAGNIFICATION MAMMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; FREE RESPONSE RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCATTER FUNCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION; WIENER SPECTRUM;

BREAST DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC MAGNIFICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79960452355     PISSN: 18650333     EISSN: 18650341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12194-011-0116-3     Document Type: Article

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