Collimator design for a dedicated molecular breast imaging-guided biopsy system: Proof-of-concept

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Weinmann, Amanda L ^a   Hruska, Carrie B ^a   Conners, Amy L ^a   O'Connor, Michael K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

biopsy; collimator; molecular breast imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CAMERAS; CONES; DISEASES; ERRORS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IMAGE ACQUISITION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; Z TRANSFORMS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDES; COLLIMATOR; COLLIMATOR SIMULATIONS; DEFAULT PARAMETERS; GEOMETRIC CONSTRAINT; MOLECULAR BREAST IMAGING; PARALLEL HOLE COLLIMATORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

MOLECULAR IMAGING;

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; TELLURIUM;

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; COLLIMATOR; CONICAL SLANT HOLE COLLIMATOR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE GUIDED BIOPSY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; MOLECULAR BREAST IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARALLEL HOLE COLLIMATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; THICKNESS; BREAST; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

BREAST; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE-GUIDED BIOPSY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; TELLURIUM;

EID: 84872044355     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4770274     Document Type: Article

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