Image quality comparison between a phase-contrast synchrotron radiation breast CT and a clinical breast CT: a phantom based study

L Brombal, F Arfelli, P Delogu, S Donato, G Mettivier… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
In this study we compared the image quality of a synchrotron radiation (SR) breast computed
tomography (BCT) system with a clinical BCT in terms of contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) …

Comparison of propagation-based CT using synchrotron radiation and conventional cone-beam CT for breast imaging

S Tavakoli Taba, P Baran, YI Nesterets, S Pacile… - European …, 2020 - Springer
Objectives To evaluate and compare the image quality of propagation-based phase-contrast
computed tomography (PB-CT) using synchrotron radiation and conventional cone-beam …

Monochromatic breast computed tomography with synchrotron radiation: phase-contrast and phase-retrieved image comparison and full-volume reconstruction

L Brombal, B Golosio, F Arfelli… - Journal of Medical …, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
A program devoted to performing the first in vivo synchrotron radiation (SR) breast computed
tomography (BCT) is ongoing at the Elettra facility. Using the high spatial coherence of SR …

Free propagation phase-contrast breast CT provides higher image quality than cone-beam breast-CT at low radiation doses: a feasibility study on human …

S Pacilè, C Dullin, P Baran, M Tonutti, C Perske… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
In this study we demonstrate the first direct comparison between synchrotron x-ray
propagation-based CT (PB-CT) and cone-beam breast-CT (CB-CT) on human mastectomy …

Clinical application of low-dose phase contrast breast CT: methods for the optimization of the reconstruction workflow

S Pacile, F Brun, C Dullin, YI Nesterets… - Biomedical optics …, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Results are presented of a feasibility study of three-dimensional X-ray tomographic
mammography utilising in-line phase contrast. Experiments were performed at SYRMEP …

Advantages of breast cancer visualization and characterization using synchrotron radiation phase-contrast tomography

S Pacilè, P Baran, C Dullin, M Dimmock… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.iucr.org
The aim of this study was to highlight the advantages that propagation-based phase-contrast
computed tomography (PB-CT) with synchrotron radiation can provide in breast cancer …

Phase-contrast breast-CT: optimization of experimental parameters and reconstruction algorithms

S Donato, S Pacile', L Brombal, G Tromba… - World Congress on …, 2019 - Springer
X-ray breast computed tomography (breast-CT) is a new emerging technique for breast
imaging however its application is still limited because of low spatial resolution and high …

Imaging performance of phase-contrast breast computed tomography with synchrotron radiation and a CdTe photon-counting detector

A Sarno, G Mettivier, B Golosio, P Oliva, G Spandre… - Physica Medica, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Purpose Within the SYRMA-CT collaboration based at the ELETTRA synchrotron
radiation (SR) facility the authors investigated the imaging performance of the phase …

Advancements towards the implementation of clinical phase-contrast breast computed tomography at Elettra

R Longo, F Arfelli, D Bonazza, U Bottigli… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.iucr.org
Breast computed tomography (BCT) is an emerging application of X-ray tomography in
radiological practice. A few clinical prototypes are under evaluation in hospitals and new …

Towards breast tomography with synchrotron radiation at Elettra: first images

R Longo, F Arfelli, R Bellazzini, U Bottigli… - Physics in Medicine …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The aim of the SYRMA-CT collaboration is to set-up the first clinical trial of phase-contrast
breast CT with synchrotron radiation (SR). In order to combine high image quality and low …