A study of the feasibility of using slabbing to reduce tomosynthesis review time

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8673, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Dustler, Magnus ^a   Andersson, Martin ^a   Förnvik, Daniel ^a   Timberg, Pontus ^b   Tingberg, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast tomosynthesis; Mammography; Reading time; Slab; Thick slice

Indexed keywords

BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL PHYSICISTS; MICROCALCIFICATION CLUSTERS; PATHOLOGICAL CASE; READING TIME; SLAB; THICK SLICE;

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84878791821     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2006987     Document Type: Conference Paper

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