| Literature DB >> 10751500 |
F Arfelli1, V Bonvicini, A Bravin, G Cantatore, E Castelli, L D Palma, M D Michiel, M Fabrizioli, R Longo, R H Menk, A Olivo, S Pani, D Pontoni, P Poropat, M Prest, A Rashevsky, M Ratti, L Rigon, G Tromba, A Vacchi, E Vallazza, F Zanconati.
Abstract
The authors evaluated the effect on mammographic examinations of the use of synchrotron radiation to detect phase-perturbation effects, which are higher than absorption effects for soft tissue in the energy range of 15-25 keV. Detection of phase-perturbation effects was possible because of the high degree of coherence of synchrotron radiation sources. Synchrotron radiation images were obtained of a mammographic phantom and in vitro breast tissue specimens and compared with conventional mammographic studies. On the basis of grades assigned by three reviewers, image quality of the former was considerably higher, and the delivered dose was fully compatible.Mesh：
Year: 2000 PMID： 10751500 DOI： 10.1148/radiology.215.1.r00ap10286
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Radiology ISSN： 0033-8419 Impact factor: 11.105