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Design and evaluation of a slot-scanning full-field digital mammography system

Besson et al., 2002

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8682371746806367989
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Besson G
Koch A
Tesic M
Sottoriva R
Prieur-Drevron P
Munier B
Calais E
DeGroot P
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Medical imaging 2002: physics of medical imaging

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The FDA has approved the SenoScan slot-scanning Full-Field Digital Mammography (FFDM) system. A high power Tungsten-target x-ray tube enables breast imaging with 0.22 s effective exposure time. A 21-cm x 29-cm area is scanned in less than 6 seconds, at a typical …
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