X-RAY MAMMOGRAPHY UNIT : PERFORMANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL

Quality Control Techniques and X-ray Dosimetry

Bi-Directional X-Ray Phase-Contrast Mammography

Phase-contrast x-ray imaging is a promising improvement of conventional absorption-based mammography for early tumor detection. This potential has been demonstrated recently, utilizing structured gratings to obtain differential phase and dark-field scattering images. However, the inherently anisotropic imaging sensitivity of the proposed mono-directional approach yields only insufficient diagno...

Effect of area x-ray beam equalization on image quality and dose in digital mammography.

In mammography, thick or dense breast regions persistently suffer from reduced contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) because of degraded contrast from large scatter intensities and relatively high noise. Area x-ray beam equalization can improve image quality by increasing the x-ray exposure to under-penetrated regions without increasing the exposure to other breast regions. Optimal equalization paramet...

Equipment Requirements and Quality Control for Mammography

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Quality Control of X-Ray Generators and Ancillary Radiographic Equipment

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