Breast cancer is a globally widespread disease whose detection has already been
significantly improved by the introduction of screening programs. Nevertheless …

Breast imaging is one of the most demanding and delicate radiological applications.
Mammography is the primary diagnosis tool in breast cancer detection and national …

Breast cancer constitutes about one-quarter of all cancers and is the leading cause of
cancer death in women. To reduce breast cancer mortality, mammographic screening …

This thesis offers an accessible guide to biomedical phase-contrast imaging with over 20
radiographic illustrations. It focuses on research to improve radiography, and particularly …

Purpose To present and validate a computer-based simulation platform dedicated for phase
contrast x-ray breast imaging research. Methods The software platform, developed at the …

X-ray phase-contrast imaging has received growing interest in recent years due to its high
capability in visualizing soft tissue. Breast imaging became the focus of particular attention …

Phase-contrast imaging techniques address the issue of poor soft-tissue contrast
encountered in traditional X-ray imaging. This can be accomplished with the propagation …

X-ray imaging is a corner stone of breast cancer diagnosis. By exploiting the phase shift of X-
rays rather than their attenuation, phase-contrast tomography has the potential to …

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 …

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 …