Preliminary system characterization of flat-panel-detector-based cone-beam CT for breast imaging

R Ning, Y Yu, DL Conover, X Lu, H He… - … 2004: Physics of …, 2004 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Conventional film-screen mammography is the most effective tool for the early detection of
breast cancer currently available. However, conventional mammography has relatively low …

A novel cone beam breast CT scanner: Preliminary system evaluation

R Ning, D Conover, Y Yu, Y Zhang… - … 2006: Physics of …, 2006 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The clinical goal of breast imaging is to detect tumor masses when they are as small as
possible, preferably less than 10 mm in diameter. Conventional screen-film mammography …

Real-time flat-panel detector-based cone beam volume CT breast imaging: phantom and specimen study

R Ning, DL Conover, Y Yu… - … 2003: Physics of …, 2003 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Conventional film-screen mammography is the most effective tool for the early detection of
breast cancer currently available. However, conventional mammography has relatively low …

Flat-panel detector-based cone-beam volume CT breast imaging: preliminary phantom study

R Ning, B Chen, DL Conover… - … 2001: Physics of …, 2001 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The clinical goal of breast imaging is to detect tumor masses when they are as small as
possible, preferably less than 10 mm in diameter. Conventional film-screen mammography …

Flat-panel detector-based cone-beam volume CT breast imaging: phantom and specimen study

R Ning, DL Conover, B Chen… - … 2002: Physics of …, 2002 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Conventional film-screen mammography is the most effective tool for the early detection of
breast cancer currently available. However, conventional mammography has relatively low …

Evaluation of flat panel detector cone beam CT breast imaging with different sizes of breast phantoms

R Ning, D Conover, X Lu, Y Zhang, Y Yu… - … 2005: Physics of …, 2005 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The sensitivity to detect small breast cancers and the specificity of conventional
mammography (CM) remain limited owing to an overlap in the appearances of lesions and …

A novel cone beam breast CT scanner: System evaluation

R Ning, D Conover, Y Yu, Y Zhang… - … 2007: physics of …, 2007 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The purpose of the study is to characterize the imaging performance of the recently built
novel cone beam breast CT (CBBCT) scanner. This CBBCT scanner system has one x-ray …

Cone-beam CT breast imaging with a flat panel detector: a simulation study

L Chen, CC Shaw, S Tu, MC Altunbas… - … 2005: Physics of …, 2005 - spiedigitallibrary.org
This paper investigates the feasibility of using a flat panel based cone-beam computer
tomography (CT) system for 3-D breast imaging with computer simulation and imaging …

Cone beam breast CT with a flat panel detector-simulation, implementation and demonstration

CC Shaw, L Chen, MC Altunbas, S Tu… - … IEEE Engineering in …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes our experiences in the simulation, implementation and application of a
flat panel detector based cone beam computed tomography (CT) imaging system for …

Dedicated cone-beam breast CT: feasibility study with surgical mastectomy specimens

WT Yang, S Carkaci, L Chen, CJ Lai… - American Journal of …, 2007 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of diagnostic breast
imaging using a flat-panel detector-based cone-beam CT system. CONCLUSION. Imaging …