Visibility of microcalcification clusters and masses in breast tomosynthesis image volumes and digital mammography: A 4AFC human observer study

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2431-2437

  Timberg, P ^a   Bath M ^b,c   Andersson, I ^a   Mattsson, S ^a   Tingberg, A ^a,d   Ruschin, M ^e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY; VISIBILITY;

BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS; DETECTION PERFORMANCE; DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; MICROCALCIFICATION CLUSTERS; MICROCALCIFICATION DETECTION; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY);

EID: 84861617381     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3694105     Document Type: Article

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