Monte Carlo methods for medical imaging research

H Lee - Biomedical Engineering Letters, 2024 - Springer
In radiation-based medical imaging research, computational modeling methods are used to
design and validate imaging systems and post-processing algorithms. Monte Carlo methods …

Tomosynthesis as a screening tool for breast cancer: A systematic review

P Coop, C Cowling, C Lawson - Radiography, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Mammography is an important screening tool for reducing breast cancer
mortality. Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) can potentially be integrated with …

Dosimetric characterization and image quality assessment in breast tomosynthesis

G Andria, F Attivissimo, A Di Nisio… - IEEE Transactions …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The aim of this paper was to investigate the diagnostic potential of tomosynthesis imaging
compared with the performance of 2-D digital mammography in terms of radiation dose and …

Dosimetric characterization and organ dose assessment in digital breast tomosynthesis: measurements and Monte Carlo simulations using voxel phantoms

M Baptista, S Di Maria, S Barros, C Figueira… - Medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Due to its capability to more accurately detect deep lesions inside the breast by
removing the effect of overlying anatomy, digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has the …

Radiation dose from digital breast tomosynthesis screening–A comparison with full field digital mammography

RMKM Ali, A England, AK Tootell, P Hogg - Journal of Medical Imaging and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives To compare Mean Glandular Dose (MGD) and effective dose from digital
breast tomosynthesis (DBT) screening with that from full field digital mammography (FFDM) …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of mean glandular dose in mammography system with different anode-filter combinations using MCNP code

L Gholamkar, AA Mowlavi, M Sadeghi… - Iranian Journal of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background X-ray mammography is one of the general methods for early detection of breast
cancer. Since glandular tissue in the breast is sensitive to radiation and it increases the risk …

Cancer risk estimation in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis using GEANT4 Monte Carlo simulations and voxel phantoms

P Ferreira, M Baptista, S Di Maria, P Vaz - Physica Medica, 2016 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to estimate the risk of radiation induced cancer following the
Portuguese breast screening recommendations for Digital Mammography (DM) when …

Patient dose optimization for computed radiography using physical and observer-based measurements as image quality metrics

MB Freitas, RB Pimentel, LF Braga, FSA Salido… - Radiation Physics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Radiation protection of patients undergoing diagnostic x-ray examinations requires practical
evaluation of doses and image quality under clinical conditions. On this subject, optimization …

A brief review on breast carcinoma and deliberation on current non invasive imaging techniques for detection

R Vairavan, O Abdullah, PB Retnasamy… - Current Medical …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Breast carcinoma is a life threatening disease that accounts for 25.1% of all
carcinoma among women worldwide. Early detection of the disease enhances the chance …

Interest of systematic tomosynthesis (3D mammography) with synthetic 2D mammography in breast cancer screening

M Liberatore, JM Cucchi, M Fighiera, A Binet… - … Molecular Biology and …, 2017 - degruyter.com
Full field digital mammography (FFDM) is the current pillar of breast cancer screening
program. However, the emerging technique digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has …