Multiparameter optimization of mammography: an update

Hamid Jafroudi; E. Philip Muntz; Robert J. Jennings

doi:10.1117/12.174244

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1 May 1994 Multiparameter optimization of mammography: an update

Hamid Jafroudi, E. Philip Muntz, Robert J. Jennings

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Proceedings Volume 2163, Medical Imaging 1994: Physics of Medical Imaging; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.174244
Event: Medical Imaging 1994, 1994, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

Previously in this forum we have reported the application of multiparameter optimization techniques to the design of a minimum dose mammography system. The approach used a reference system to define the physical imaging performance required and the dose to which the dose for the optimized system should be compared. During the course of implementing the resulting design in hardware suitable for laboratory testing, the state of the art in mammographic imaging changed, so that the original reference system, which did not have a grid, was no longer appropriate. A reference system with a grid was selected in response to this change, and at the same time the optimization procedure was modified, to make it more general and to facilitate study of the optimized design under a variety of conditions. We report the changes in the procedure, and the results obtained using the revised procedure and the up- to-date reference system. Our results, which are supported by laboratory measurements, indicate that the optimized design can image small objects as well as the reference system using only about 30% of the dose required by the reference system. Hardware meeting the specification produced by the optimization procedure and suitable for clinical use is currently under evaluation in the Diagnostic Radiology Department at the Clinical Center, NH.

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Hamid Jafroudi, E. Philip Muntz, and Robert J. Jennings "Multiparameter optimization of mammography: an update", Proc. SPIE 2163, Medical Imaging 1994: Physics of Medical Imaging, (1 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.174244

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