Evaluation of linear and nonlinear tomosynthetic reconstruction methods in digital mammography
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Suryanarayanan, SankararamanKarellas, Andrew
Vedantham, Srinivasan
Baker, Stephen P.
Glick, Stephen J.
D'Orsi, Carl J.
Webber, Richard L.
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of RadiologyDepartment of Cell Biology
Information Services, Academic Computing Services
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Journal ArticlePublication Date
2001-03-16Keywords
Breast NeoplasmsFemale
Humans
Mammography
Phantoms, Imaging
*Radiographic Image Enhancement
Sensitivity and Specificity
Radiology
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to comparatively evaluate digital planar mammography and both linear and nonlinear tomosynthetic reconstruction methods. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A "disk" (ie, target) identification study was conducted to compare planar and reconstruction methods. Projective data using a composite phantom with circular disks were acquired in both planar and tomographic modes by using a full-field, digital mammographic system. Two-dimensional projections were reconstructed with both linear (ie, backprojection) and nonlinear (ie, maximization and minimization) tuned-aperture computed tomographic (TACT) methods to produce three-dimensional data sets. Four board-certified radiologists and one 4th-year radiology resident participated as observers. All images were compared by these observers in terms of the number of disks identified. RESULTS: Significant differences (P < .05, Bonferroni adjusted) were observed between all reconstruction and planar methods. No significant difference, however, was observed between the planar methods, and only a marginally significant difference (P < .054, Bonferroni adjusted) was observed between TACT-backprojection and TACT-minimization. CONCLUSION: A combination of linear and nonlinear reconstruction schemes may have potential implications in terms of enhancing image visualization to provide radiologists with valuable diagnostic information.Source
Acad Radiol. 2001 Mar;8(3):219-24. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80530-5Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/35330PubMed ID
11249085Related Resources
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10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80530-5