A comparison of calibration data from full field digital mammography units for breast density measurements

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Fowler, Erin E E ^a   Lu, Beibei ^a   Heine, John J ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast density; Calibration; Direct x ray conversion; Full field digital mammography; Phantom imaging

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DISEASES; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; INTERPOLATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; X RAY SCREENS; X RAYS;

ACQUISITION PARAMETERS; BREAST DENSITY; CALIBRATION ACCURACY; CALIBRATION CHARACTERISTICS; CALIBRATION METHODOLOGIES; DIRECT X-RAY; FULL FIELD DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM IMAGING;

CALIBRATION;

ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CALIBRATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IMAGING PHANTOM; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PATIENT CODING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; X RAY TUBE; CYTOLOGY; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY;

BREAST; CALIBRATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 84887725313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-12-114     Document Type: Article

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