Progress in the development of a dedicated breast CT scanner

Alexander Kwan; Nikula Shah; George Burkett; J Anthony Seibert; Karen K Lindfors; Thomas R. Nelson; John M Boone

doi:10.1117/12.537029

Progress in the development of a dedicated breast CT scanner

Alexander Kwan, Nikula Shah, George Burkett, J Anthony Seibert, Karen K Lindfors, Thomas R. Nelson, John M Boone

Radiology

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Abstract

A pendant-geometry, cone-beam breast CT scanner has been constructed and is undergoing thorough testing in our facility. The system is capable of acquiring 30 frames/sec in 2×2 binning mode (1024×768 pixels) using a flat panel detector coupled to a thallium-doped cesium iodide scintillator. The DQE of the detector system for RQA5 and RQA9 x-ray beam qualities were computed, and the low frequency DQE values were 65% and 57% respectively at approximately 16 μR/frame. The results also shown that minor improvements in DQE are achieved for exposures greater than 16 μR/frame. It is expected that the scanner will be available for the imaging of human volunteers in the first half of 2004.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Editors	M.J. Yaffe, M.J. Flynn
Pages	304-310
Number of pages	7
Volume	5368
Edition	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.537029
State	Published - 2004
Event	Medical Imaging 2004: Physics of Medical Imaging - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Feb 15 2004 → Feb 17 2004

Other

Other	Medical Imaging 2004: Physics of Medical Imaging
Country	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	2/15/04 → 2/17/04

Keywords

Breast imaging
Computed tomography
Cone-beam
DQE
Mammography
MTF
X-ray

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Condensed Matter Physics

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Progress in the development of a dedicated breast CT scanner. / Kwan, Alexander; Shah, Nikula; Burkett, George; Seibert, J Anthony ; Lindfors, Karen K; Nelson, Thomas R.; Boone, John M.

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. ed. / M.J. Yaffe; M.J. Flynn. Vol. 5368 1. ed. 2004. p. 304-310.

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Kwan, A, Shah, N, Burkett, G, Seibert, JA , Lindfors, KK, Nelson, TR & Boone, JM 2004, Progress in the development of a dedicated breast CT scanner. in MJ Yaffe & MJ Flynn (eds), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 1 edn, vol. 5368, pp. 304-310, Medical Imaging 2004: Physics of Medical Imaging, San Diego, CA, United States, 2/15/04. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.537029

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