Digital mammography

JM Lewin - Cancer imaging, 2008 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Digital mammography is ideally suited for microcalcification
characterization with magnification or highresolution views due to the low image noise, the …

Effect of image quality on calcification detection in digital mammography

LM Warren, A Mackenzie, J Cooke… - Medical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: This study aims to investigate if microcalcification detection varies significantly
when mammographic images are acquired using different image qualities, including …

Comparison of full-field digital mammography and film–screen mammography: image quality and lesion detection

A Fischmann, KC Siegmann, A Wersebe… - The British journal of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
The objective of this study is to compare image quality and lesion detection for full field
digital mammography (FFDM) and film–screen mammography (FSM). In 200 women we …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of breast calcifications

YV Nalawade - Indian Journal of radiology and imaging, 2009 - thieme-connect.com
Evaluation of breast calcifications Page 1 282 Indian J Radiol Imaging / November 2009 / Vol
19 / Issue 4 Evaluation of breast calcifications Yojana V Nalawade Asian institute of Oncology …

Visibility of microcalcification in cone beam breast CT: Effects of x‐ray tube voltage and radiation dose

CJ Lai, CC Shaw, L Chen, MC Altunbas, X Liu… - Medical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Mammography is the only technique currently used for detecting microcalcification (MC)
clusters, an early indicator of breast cancer. However, mammographic images superimpose …

Garantia de qualidade em radiologia diagnóstica

TAC Furquim, PR Costa - Revista Brasileira de Física Médica, 2009 - rbfm.org.br
As imagens radiológicas proporcionam informações importantes para a decisão dos futuros
passos de um diagnóstico, um tratamento ou acompanhamento de um procedimento …

Investigation of CdTe, GaAs, Se and Si as sensor materials for mammography

S Procz, G Roque, C Avila, J Racedo… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite the benefits of mammography investigations, some studies have shown that X-ray
exposure from the mammography screening itself can statistically cause breast cancer in a …

Physical characteristics of a full-field digital mammography system

S Suryanarayanan, A Karellas, S Vedantham - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2004 - Elsevier
The physical performance characteristics of a flat-panel clinical full-field digital
mammography (FFDM) system were investigated for a variety of mammographic X-ray …

Effect of dose reduction on the detection of mammographic lesions: a mathematical observer model analysis

AS Chawla, E Samei, R Saunders, C Abbey… - Medical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The effect of reduction in dose levels normally used in mammographic screening
procedures on the detection of breast lesions were analyzed. Four types of breast lesions …

Comparison of full-field digital mammography and screen-film mammography for detection and characterization of simulated small masses

WT Yang, CJ Lai, GJ Whitman… - American Journal of …, 2006 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The two objectives of this study were to create an ex vivo phantom model that
closely mimics human breast cancer for detection tasks and to compare the performance of …