Negative development xeroradiography of the breast: doses and clinical indications.
Negative-mode xeroradiography is discussed in relation to the clinical indications and the radiation doses in the breast per exposure. The radiation doses have been obtained using a computer algorithm specially designed to calculate breast volumes by constructing a three-dimensional body from the two dimensional cranio-caudal and medio-lateral images. A mathematical integration procedure is then applied throughout the volume to obtain the absorbed dose.
D001940:Breast / Q000528:radiation effects; D003201:Computers; D003626:Data Display; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods*; D008961:Models, Structural; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D014984:Xeromammography / Q000379:methods*