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  • Title: [Direct digital magnification mammography with a large-surface detector made of amorphous silicon].
    Author: Hermann KP, Hundertmark C, Funke M, von Brenndorff A, Grabbe E.
    Journal: Rofo; 1999 May; 170(5):503-6. PubMed ID: 10370416.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: To investigate the image quality of a new direct digital mammography system using a large-area amorphous silicon X-ray detector in a phantom study. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The contrast-detail resolution as a function of the tube voltages, the magnification factors and the mean glandular doses were investigated using dedicated test objects. RESULTS: The contrast-detail resolution was significantly improved in comparison with conventional screen-film mammography. Usually, the doses necessary to obtain these high-quality survey mammograms were smaller. CONCLUSIONS: By combining the direct magnification technique and a digital flat panel detector the limited spatial resolution of such image receptors can be overcome. With this direct digital mammography technique, a digital image was directly captured without an intermediate step of optical or mechanical scan.
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