title: AAPM tutorial. Physics of mammography: image recording process.
abstract: The many physical factors that influence image processing and image quality in mammography are reviewed in this tutorial. The physics principles that are at work in the function of screen-film mammographic image receptors are discussed in detail. The author reviews methods of quality control for screen-film mammography and the principles for xeromammography and magnification mammography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Ont., Canada.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Yaffe
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D014963:X-Ray Intensifying Screens; D014984:Xeromammography