Search for novel contrast materials in dual-energy x-ray breast imaging using theoretical modeling of contrast-to-noise ratio

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 4311-4324

  Karunamuni, R ^a   Maidment, A D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

contrast agents; dual energy imaging; x ray breast imaging

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; IODINE; MAMMOGRAPHY; TISSUE;

BREAST IMAGING; CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DUAL-ENERGY IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL IMAGING; IODINATED CONTRAST AGENTS; MAMMOGRAPHIC ENERGY; THEORETICAL MODELING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

CHEMISTRY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NOISE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; THEORETICAL MODEL; X RAY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOISE; X-RAYS;

EID: 84905584092     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/15/4311     Document Type: Article

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