Contrast-enhanced spectral mammography based on a photoncounting detector: Quantitative accuracy and radiation dose
Seungwan Leea,b*, Sooncheol Kanga, and Jisoo Eomb
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Department of Medical Science, Konyang University, Daejeon, South Korea;
Department of Radiological Science, College of Medical Science, Konyang University, Daejeon, South Korea
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ABSTRACT
Contrast-enhanced mammography has been used to demonstrate functional information about a …..
1. DESCRIPTION OF PURPOSE
Contrast-enhanced mammography aims to demonstrate functional information about a breast tumor by injecting …..
2. METHODS
In the contrast-enhanced mammography, the incident X-ray intensity per photon …..
3. RESULTS
Figure 1 shows the X-ray energy spectra for obtaining low- …..
4. NEW OR BREAKTHROUGH WORK TO BE PRESENTED
Although a number of mammographic techniques for detecting breast tumors were introduced by several groups, these
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5. CONCLUSIONS
This study demonstrates that the contrast-enhanced spectral mammography based on a PCD allows the precise material
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Acknowledgement
This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea
(NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (Grant No. NRF-2016R1C1B1010642).
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