| Autor: |
Juan Tomás Escudero López, C. Ceballos, Pawel Grybos, Angelo Taibi, A. Diaz Garcia, P. Wiacek, J. C. Sanabria, Luciano Ramello, Paolo Giubellino, A. Marzari-Chiesa, E. Tomassi, Anna Sarnelli, Carlos Avila, Mario Sitta, M. Gombia, Dante Bollini, Mauro Gambaccini, Giuseppe Baldazzi, Krzysztof Swientek, Marek Idzik, A. E. Cabal, L. M. Montaño, A. Tuffanelli, F. Prino |
| Rok vydání: |
2005 |
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| Zdroj: |
Medical Physics. 32:3755-3766 |
| ISSN: |
0094-2405 |
| DOI: |
10.1118/1.2126568 |
| Popis: |
Dual-energy mammographic imaging experimental tests have been performed using a compact dichromatic imaging system based on a conventional x-ray tube, a mosaic crystal, and a 384-strip silicon detector equipped with full-custom electronics with single photon counting capability. For simulating mammal tissue, a three-component phantom, made of Plexiglass, polyethylene, and water, has been used. Images have been collected with three different pairs of x-ray energies: 16-32 keV, 18-36 keV, and 20-40 keV. A Monte Carlo simulation of the experiment has also been carried out using the MCNP-4C transport code. The Alvarez-Macovski algorithm has been applied both to experimental and simulated data to remove the contrast between two of the phantom materials so as to enhance the visibility of the third one. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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