title: Direct digital mammography using a scanned-slot CCD imaging system.
abstract: In this paper, the rationale for digital mammography is presented in terms of the limitations of conventional mammography. Various approaches to digital image acquisition are discussed and the design of a scanned-slot digital mammography system currently under development is described. Preliminary results including an image of an anthropomorphic breast phantom are presented.
authors.affiliation: Medical Physics Research Group, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Yaffe
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods*; D008961:Models, Structural; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted