3-Dimensional Imaging of the Breast
Abstract
An experimental framework for performing 3-D imaging of the breast has been developed. The framework is designed to allow testing of many different detectors and acquisition protocols. We have developed and characterized three detectors. The first is now obsolete. The second detector is an active matrix amorphous-selenium device, and third uses a phosphor screen or an XRII optically coupled to a CCD camera. The second device has excellent dose efficiency (DOE) and resolution, but is too slow to allow easy tomographic imaging. The third device again has excellent resolution, but lacks the dose efficiency of the flat panel detector. This detector does, however, have the temporal response needed to perform CT. We have performed extensive evaluations of the reconstruction methods. In particular, we have concentrated on stereomammography and addressed the issue of dose in stereomammography. We have shown that stereomammography is possible at approximately the same dose as conventional projection mammography. This work considered the effect of x-ray quantum noise. To extend this work to other 3-D imaging techniques, and to consider additional effects, such as visual disparity and depth perception, we developed an extensive 3-D computer simulation of the breast.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA416065
Entities
People
- Andrew D. Maidment
Organizations
- Thomas Jefferson University