Postdoctoral Fellowship Study of X-Ray Optical Mammography
Abstract
A number of feasibility measurements were performed to assess the x-ray imaging properties of two capillary optics for digital mammography. Optic 1, used in year one, had input and output diameters of 4.15 mm and 7.5 mm, respectively,. Optic 2, used in year two had input and output diameters of 3.62 mm and 6.83 mm, respectively. A mammographic scanning system was constructed to allow imaging of a larger field for some of the measurements. Optic 1 showed good primary transmission, 46%. Optic 2 had better linearity at mammographic energies. Images of a Lucite contrast detail phantom, using a lead blocker, showed that both optics provide an increase in image contrast with a contrast improvement of approximately 1.7, and a reduction of scatter fraction to 0.02. The limiting resolution for the CR phosphor plate system was increased to about 8.5 1p/mm, with an improvement of the MTF at all spatial frequencies. Clinical training was received by the postdoctoral fellow.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1997
- Accession Number
- ADA346766
Entities
People
- Carolyn A. Macdonald
Organizations
- State University of New York at Albany