Evaluation of a photon-counting mammography system

Stefan J. Thunberg; Tom Francke; Johan Egerstrom; Mathias Eklund; Leif Ericsson; Thomas Kristoffersson; Vladimir N. Peskov; Juha Rantanen; Skiff Sokolov; Per Svedenhag; Christer K. Ullberg; Niclas Weber

doi:10.1117/12.465560

3 May 2002 Evaluation of a photon-counting mammography system

Stefan J. Thunberg, Tom Francke, Johan Egerstrom, Mathias Eklund, Leif Ericsson, Thomas Kristoffersson, Vladimir N. Peskov, Juha Rantanen, Skiff Sokolov, Per Svedenhag, Christer K. Ullberg, Niclas Weber

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Proceedings Volume 4682, Medical Imaging 2002: Physics of Medical Imaging; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.465560
Event: Medical Imaging 2002, 2002, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The most natural way of digital X-ray imaging is photon counting as the photon flux in itself is digital. In photon counting, the information in the X-ray flux is used more efficiently as the information carrying low-energy photons are given the same weight as higher energy photons carrying less image information. This is in contrast to all existing X-ray instruments, which are energy-integrating systems where the highest energy photons are given the highest weight. A novel technique for high resolution digital X-ray imaging, using gaseous avalanche detectors for photon counting with high signal-to-noise ratios for single X-ray photons, has been developed. The performance of this detector has been studied and compared to analogue film-screen system by imaging phantoms. Our results show that this technology can improve image quality while decreasing the glandular dose to the patient.

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Stefan J. Thunberg, Tom Francke, Johan Egerstrom, Mathias Eklund, Leif Ericsson, Thomas Kristoffersson, Vladimir N. Peskov, Juha Rantanen, Skiff Sokolov, Per Svedenhag, Christer K. Ullberg, and Niclas Weber "Evaluation of a photon-counting mammography system", Proc. SPIE 4682, Medical Imaging 2002: Physics of Medical Imaging, (3 May 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.465560

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