Quantification of breast density with spectral mammography based on a scanned multi-slit photon-counting detector: A feasibility study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 4719-4738

  Sabee Molloi, ^a   Ding, Huanjun ^a   Molloi, Sabee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; BREAST CANCER RISK; BREAST DENSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION MODEL; DUAL ENERGY; DUAL-ENERGY IMAGING; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FITTING FUNCTIONS; IMAGING PROTOCOL; IMAGING TASK; MAMMOGRAPHY SYSTEM; MEAN GLANDULAR DOSE; OPTIMAL VALUES; PHANTOM STUDIES; PHOTON COUNTING; RMS ERRORS; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE ERRORS; SI-BASED; SPLITTING ENERGY; SQUARE ROOTS; STANDARD CALIBRATION; TUNGSTEN ANODE X-RAY TUBE; VOLUMETRIC BREAST DENSITIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAMMOGRAPHY; OPTIMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TUNGSTEN; X RAY TUBES;

PHOTONS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; CYTOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PHOTON; RADIOGRAPHY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84863944543     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/15/4719     Document Type: Article

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