Lesion characterization using spectral mammography

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 8313, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Norell, B ^a   Fredenberg, E ^a,b   Leifland, K ^c   Lundqvist, M ^a   Cederstrom B ^a,b  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cyst; lesion; mammography; photon counting; spectral imaging

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL IMAGES; CONTRAST AGENT; CYST; CYSTIC LESION; LESION; LESION SIZE; MALIGNANT TISSUES; MAMMOGRAPHIC; PHOTON COUNTING; SPECTRAL IMAGING; STATISTICAL FRAMEWORK; TISSUE TYPES;

MAMMOGRAPHY; TISSUE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84860381270     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.913032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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