title: Xeromammographic image quality.
abstract: Xeroradiography is a diagnostic modality whose image-forming properties are fundamentally different from those of the conventional silver halide process. In this work, the xeromammographic process, representing the low-constrast limit of xeroradiography, is analyzed in detail. A step by step approach is taken, whereby th eimiting factors in the exposure and development stages are identified and quantified. The sensitivity of the Se layer is also computed and the concept of optimal exposure introduced. The paper concludes by considering a simple model for xeroradiographic noise.
mesh_terms: D008327:Mammography; D013679:Technology, Radiologic; D014984:Xeromammography