For several years a large variety of in‐vitro medical imaging studies were carried out at the
SYRMEP (Synchrotron Radiation for Medical Physics) beamline of the synchrotron radiation …

This chapter is dedicated to the clinical compatibility of laboratory-based phase-contrast
mammography. First, we present which hardware changes and optimizations were …

A clinical program for X-ray phase contrast (PhC) mammography with synchrotron radiation
(SR) has been started in March 2006 at the SYRMEP beamline of Elettra, the SR facility in …

Breast microcalcifications are an important primary radiological indicator of breast cancer.
However, microcalcification classification and diagnosis may be still challenging for …

With the introduction of screening mammography, the mortality rate of breast cancer has
been reduced throughout the last decades. However, many women undergo unnecessary …

Objectives Differential phase contrast and scattering-based x-ray mammography has the
potential to provide additional and complementary clinically relevant information compared …

Histopathological analysis is the current gold standard in breast cancer diagnosis and
management, however, as imaging technology improves, the amount of potential diagnostic …

The advent, in the near future, of compact X-ray sources like Thomson Back-Scattering
(TBS) will allow the clinical application of advanced X-ray imaging techniques, such as …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to review different x-ray phase-contrast breast
imaging techniques and their potential application in clinical settings. CONCLUSION. Phase …

Objectives To evaluate whether post-contrast cone-beam breast CT (CBBCT) alone is
comparable to the current standard of combined pre-and post-contrast CBBCT regarding …