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Vedantham et al., 2017 - Google Patents

Scintillator performance considerations for dedicated breast computed tomography

Vedantham et al., 2017

Document ID
14895303751673516305
Author
Vedantham S
Shi L
Karellas A
Publication year
Publication venue
Radiation Detectors in Medicine, Industry, and National Security XVIII

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Dedicated breast computed tomography (BCT) is an emerging clinical modality that can eliminate tissue superposition and has the potential for improved sensitivity and specificity for breast cancer detection and diagnosis. It is performed without physical compression of …
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