Mammography of a phantom and breast tissue with synchrotron radiation and a linear-array silicon detector.
A linear-array, silicon pixel detector, capable of counting single photons, was applied to mammography by using a synchrotron radiation beam. Images were obtained of both a mammographic phantom and a breast-tissue sample. The phantom image was acquired with a mean glandular dose of 0.32 mGy. This detector combined with a synchrotron radiation beam allows acquisition of high-contrast, low-dose images of soft tissues.
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste, Italy.
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Arfelli
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Bonvicini
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Bravin
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Cantatore
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Castelli
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Dalla Palma
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Di Michiel
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Longo
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Olivo
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Pani
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Pontoni
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Poropat
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Prest
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Rashevsky
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Tromba
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Vacchi
D001940:Breast / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018499:Linear Energy Transfer; D008327:Mammography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D017785:Photons; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012825:Silicon
D012825:Silicon