High-resolution breast tomography at high energy: A feasibility study of phase contrast imaging on a whole breast

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2931-2942

  Sztrokay A ^a   Diemoz, P C ^b,c   Schlossbauer, T ^a   Brun, E ^c   Bamberg, F ^a   Mayr, D ^b   Reiser, M F ^a   Bravin, A ^c   Coan, P ^a,b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D ARCHITECTURES; ANALYSER-BASED IMAGING; AREA DETECTORS; BREAST TISSUES; CANCEROUS TISSUES; COMPLEX SPECIMENS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL IMAGING; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HIGH ENERGY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-CONTRAST IMAGES; HISTOLOGICAL SECTION; PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING; PIXEL SIZE; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE BOUNDARY; VISUAL ASPECTS; X-RAY ENERGIES;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE; VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84860386152     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/10/2931     Document Type: Article

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