A Monte Carlo study of the influence of focal spot size, intensity distribution, breast thickness and magnification on spatial resolution of an a-Se digital mammography system using the generalized MTF-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A Monte Carlo study of the influence of focal spot size, intensity distribution, breast thickness and magnification on spatial resolution of an a-Se digital mammography system using the generalized MTF

Published:2014-05 Issue:3 Volume:30 Page:286-295
ISSN:1120-1797
Container-title:Physica Medica
language:en
Short-container-title:Physica Medica

Author:

Sakellaris T.,Koutalonis M.,Spyrou G.,Pascoal A.

Funder

national funding through the Foundation

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Subject

General Physics and Astronomy,Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging,General Medicine,Biophysics

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