Effects of reduced film granularity on mammographic image quality

Phillip C. Bunch

doi:10.1117/12.273997

2 May 1997 Effects of reduced film granularity on mammographic image quality

Phillip C. Bunch

Proceedings Volume 3032, Medical Imaging 1997: Physics of Medical Imaging; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.273997
Event: Medical Imaging 1997, 1997, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

The basic imaging characteristics of a new mammographic screen-film combination have been experimentally determined. These characteristics include absolutely calibrated sensitometry, modulation transfer functions, noise power spectra, noise equivalent quanta, and detective quantum efficiency. Specific image quality advantages of this new system are discussed, including a substantial reduction in film noise, and comparisons are made with an established mammography system.

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Phillip C. Bunch "Effects of reduced film granularity on mammographic image quality", Proc. SPIE 3032, Medical Imaging 1997: Physics of Medical Imaging, (2 May 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.273997

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