Compton soft-tissue imaging and its capability expanded by direct magnification and Shinozaki color TV system.
To improve the spatial and density resolution of Compton radiography, the authors utilized direct magnification with a pin-hole collimator and contrast magnification with the Shinozaki color TV system, a digital color display. Great improvement was attained in spatial resolution. Contrast magnification resulted in sharp delineation of soft-tissue lesions including cancer and its infiltrations into normal surrounding breast tissue. It is expected that in the future, Compton radiography will have wide raiological application with reduced radiation dosage.
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003116:Color; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011187:Posture; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013690:Television