High resolution dual detector volume-of-interest cone beam breast CT - Demonstration with a bench top system

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 6429-6442

  Shen, Youtao ^a   Yi, Ying ^a   Zhong, Yuncheng ^a   Lai, Chao Jen ^a   Liu, Xinming ^a   You, Zhicheng ^a   Ge, Shuaiping ^a   Wang, Tianpeng ^a   Shaw, Chris C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

breast imaging; dose saving; dual detector VOI cone beam CT; scatter reduction; VOI mask; volume of interest

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUMINESCENCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; WIRE; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAYS;

BREAST IMAGING; CONE-BEAM CT; DOSE SAVING; FILTERED BACKPROJECTION ALGORITHM; HIGH RESOLUTION DETECTOR; IMAGE QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; VOLUME OF INTEREST;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 82755163874     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3656040     Document Type: Article

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