DIRECT DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY USING A SCANNED-SLOT CCD IMAGING-SYSTEM

Authors
YAFFE MJ
Citation
Mj. Yaffe, DIRECT DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY USING A SCANNED-SLOT CCD IMAGING-SYSTEM, Medical progress through technology, 19(1), 1993, pp. 13-21
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Biomedical
Journal title
Medical progress through technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00476552
Volume
19
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
13 - 21
Database
ISI
SICI code
0047-6552(1993)19:1<13:DDMUAS>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
In this paper, the rationale for digital mammography is presented in t erms of the limitations of conventional mammography. Various approache s to digital image acquisition are discussed and the design of a scann ed-slot digital mammography system currently under development is desc ribed. Preliminary results including an image of an anthropomorphic br east phantom are presented.