Analysis of multilayer and single layer X-ray detectors for contrast-enhanced mammography using imaging task

Nicholas Allec; Shiva Abbaszadeh; Karim S. Karim

doi:10.1117/12.877854

16 March 2011 Analysis of multilayer and single layer X-ray detectors for contrast-enhanced mammography using imaging task

Nicholas Allec, Shiva Abbaszadeh, Karim S. Karim

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Proceedings Volume 7961, Medical Imaging 2011: Physics of Medical Imaging; 796111 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.877854
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2011, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), Florida, United States

Abstract

A multilayer (single-shot) detector has previously been proposed for contrast-enhanced mammography. The multilayer detector has the benefit of avoiding motion artifacts due to simultaneous acquisition of both high and low energy images. A single layer (dual-shot) detector has the benefit of better control over the energy separation since the incident beams can be produced and filtered separately. In this paper the performance of the multilayer detector is compared to that of a single layer detector using an ideal observer detectability index which is determined from an extended cascaded systems model and a defined imaging task. The detectors are assumed to have amorphous selenium direct conversion layers, however the same theoretical techniques used here may be applied to other types of integrating detectors. The anatomical noise caused by variation of glandularity within the breast is known to dominate the noise power spectrum at low frequencies due to its inverse power law dependence and is thus taken into account in our model to provide an accurate estimate of the detectability index. The conditions leading to the optimal detectability index, such as tube voltage, filtration, and weight factor are reported for both detector designs.

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Nicholas Allec, Shiva Abbaszadeh, and Karim S. Karim "Analysis of multilayer and single layer X-ray detectors for contrast-enhanced mammography using imaging task", Proc. SPIE 7961, Medical Imaging 2011: Physics of Medical Imaging, 796111 (16 March 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.877854

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