Measurements of system sharpness for two digital breast tomosynthesis systems

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 7629-7650

  Marshall, N W ^a   Bosmans, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATED VALUES; DETECTOR RESOLUTION; DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS; FULL WIDTH HALF MAXIMUM; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE PINHOLES; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTIONS; PROJECTION DATA; PROJECTION IMAGE; QUALITY ASSURANCE PROTOCOLS; SIEMENS; TEST OBJECT; TUNGSTEN WIRES;

ALUMINUM; DETECTORS; ESTERS; MAMMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TUNGSTEN; WIRE;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

ALUMINUM;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY;

ALUMINUM; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 84869068599     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/22/7629     Document Type: Article

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