Development of a High Resolution Digital Mammography System.

Abstract

The primary goal of this predoctoral fellowship research project is to investigate the use of a plastic scintillating fiber screen (SFS) as the x-ray-to-light conversion material in a scanning slot x-ray imaging detector for mammography. Methods to maximize the scintillation light generation and output from an SFS will be developed. An SFS with optimized imaging performance will be constructed. A prototype scanning slot digital mammography detector based on the optimized SFS will be constructed, and its imaging performance will be evaluated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA323826

Entities

People

  • James K. Walker
  • Zhenxue Jing

Organizations

  • University of Florida

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electronics
  • Energy
  • Energy Conversion
  • Energy Transfer
  • High Resolution
  • Linear Accelerators
  • Measurement
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Optical Absorption
  • Radiation
  • Scattering
  • Scintillation
  • Scintillation Counters
  • X Rays
  • X-Ray Detectors

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Physics

Readers

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