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  • Title: AAPM tutorial. Physics of mammography: image recording process.
    Author: Yaffe MJ.
    Journal: Radiographics; 1990 Mar; 10(2):341-63. PubMed ID: 2183301.
    Abstract:
    The many physical factors that influence image processing and image quality in mammography are reviewed in this tutorial. The physics principles that are at work in the function of screen-film mammographic image receptors are discussed in detail. The author reviews methods of quality control for screen-film mammography and the principles for xeromammography and magnification mammography.
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