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Application of the Multiple Image Radiography Method to Breast Imaging

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Digital Mammography (IWDM 2006)

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The Multiple Image Radiography (MIR) method is new imaging modality that extends the capability of conventional absorption based radiography by adding the additional contrast mechanisms of x-ray refraction and ultra-small angle scatter. In order to design a clinically based MIR system, the MIR specific x-ray properties in breast tissue must be analyzed to determine which are diagnostically useful. Developing MIR as an imaging modality also requires developing new phantoms that incorporate x-ray refraction and ultra-small angle scatter in addition to traditional x-ray absorption. Three breast cancer specimens were imaged using MIR to demonstrate its MIR specific x-ray properties. An uncompressed anthropomorphic breast phantom with an imbedded low absorption contrast acrylic sphere was imaged to provide a physical model of how the unique properties of MIR can be utilized to improve upon conventional mammography and illustrate how these can be used to design a clinically useful imaging system.

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Parham, C. et al. (2006). Application of the Multiple Image Radiography Method to Breast Imaging. In: Astley, S.M., Brady, M., Rose, C., Zwiggelaar, R. (eds) Digital Mammography. IWDM 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4046. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11783237_40

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