Digital Mammography

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bick, U. (Editor), Diekmann, F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Medical Radiology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gynecology.; Radiology.; Oncology.; Pathology.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.

This state-of-the-art reference book provides in-depth coverage of all aspects of digital mammography, including detector technology, image processing, computer-aided diagnosis, soft-copy reading, digital workflow, and PACS. Specific advantages and disadvantages of digital mammography in comparison...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Physics of Digital Mammography
• Detectors for Digital Mammography
• Quality Control in Digital Mammography
• Classification of Artifacts in Clinical Digital Mammography
• Image Processing
• Computer-aided Detection and Diagnosis
• Softcopy Reading
• Digital Workflow, PACS, and Telemammography
• Digital Mammography Clinical Trials: The North American Experience
• Digital Mammography in European Population-Based Screening Programs
• Mammographic Signs of Malignancy: Impact of Digital Mammography on Visibility and Appearance
• Contrast-Enhanced Digital Mammography
• Digital Breast Tomosynthesis and Breast CT.