High-resolution spiral CT of the breast at very low dose: Concept and feasibility considerations

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Kalender, Willi A ^a   Beister, Marcel ^a   Boone, John M ^b   Kolditz, Daniel ^a   Vollmar, Sabrina V ^a   Weigel, Michaela C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Computed tomography (CT); Dose efficiency; Image quality; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; NOISE; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 84857051380     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2169-4     Document Type: Article

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