The simulation of 3D microcalcification clusters in 2D digital mammography and breast tomosynthesis

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 6659-6671

  Shaheen, Eman ^a   Van Ongeval, Chantal ^a   Zanca, Federica ^a   Cockmartin, Lesley ^a   Marshall, Nicholas ^a   Jacobs, Jurgen ^a   Young, Kenneth C ^b   R Dance, David ^b   Bosmans, Hilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breast tomosynthesis; digital mammography; microcalcification clusters; simulated lesions

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; X RAY SCREENS;

BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; MICROCALCIFICATION CLUSTERS; OBSERVER PERFORMANCE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; SIMULATED LESIONS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 82755181808     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3662868     Document Type: Article

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