Progress in the development of a dedicated breast CT scanner

Alexander Kwan; Nikula Shah; George Burkett; J. Anthony Seibert; Karen K. Lindfors; Thomas R. Nelson; John M. Boone

doi:10.1117/12.537029

6 May 2004 Progress in the development of a dedicated breast CT scanner

Alexander Kwan, Nikula Shah, George Burkett, J. Anthony Seibert, Karen K. Lindfors, Thomas R. Nelson, John M. Boone

Proceedings Volume 5368, Medical Imaging 2004: Physics of Medical Imaging; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.537029
Event: Medical Imaging 2004, 2004, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A pendant-geometry, cone-beam breast CT scanner has been constructed and is undergoing thorough testing in our facility. The system is capable of acquiring 30 frames/sec in 2×2 binning mode (1024×768 pixels) using a flat panel detector coupled to a thallium-doped cesium iodide scintillator. The DQE of the detector system for RQA5 and RQA9 x-ray beam qualities were computed, and the low frequency DQE values were 65% and 57% respectively at approximately 16 μR/frame. The results also shown that minor improvements in DQE are achieved for exposures greater than 16 μR/frame. It is expected that the scanner will be available for the imaging of human volunteers in the first half of 2004.

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Alexander Kwan, Nikula Shah, George Burkett, J. Anthony Seibert, Karen K. Lindfors, Thomas R. Nelson, and John M. Boone "Progress in the development of a dedicated breast CT scanner", Proc. SPIE 5368, Medical Imaging 2004: Physics of Medical Imaging, (6 May 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.537029

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