title: Digital mammography image simulation using Monte Carlo.
abstract: Monte Carlo simulations of digital images of the contrast detail phantom and the ACR phantom are presented for two different x-ray digital mammography modalities: a synchrotron mammography system and a next-generation scanning slot clinical system. A combination of variance reduction methods made it possible to simulate accurate images using real pixel dimensions within reasonable computation times. The complete method of image simulation, including a simple detector response model, a simple noise model, and the incorporation of system effects (MTF), is presented. The simulated images of the phantoms show good agreement with images measured on the two systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695, USA. depeplow@eos.ncsu.edu
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Peplow
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Verghese
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D008327:Mammography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012984:Software; D017356:Synchrotrons