Microcalcification detectability using a bench-top prototype photon-counting breast CT based on a Si strip detector

• Published in: Medical physics (Lancaster) Vol. 42; no. 7; p. 4401
• Main Authors: Cho, Hyo-Min, Ding, Huanjun, Barber, William C, Iwanczyk, Jan S, Molloi, Sabee
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2015
• Subjects: Area Under Curve; Breast; Calcinosis - diagnostic imaging; Calcium Carbonate; Computer Simulation; Humans; Mammography - instrumentation; Mammography - methods; Models, Biological; Phantoms, Imaging; Photons; Radiation Dosage; ROC Curve; Silicon; Software; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - instrumentation; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods

To investigate the feasibility of detecting breast microcalcification (μCa) with a dedicated breast computed tomography (CT) system based on energy-resolved photon-counting silicon (Si) strip detectors. The proposed photon-counting breast CT system and a bench-top prototype photon-counting breast CT...