Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/3466
Title: Analyser-based mammography using single-image reconstruction
Contributor(s): Briedis, D (author); Siu, Karen K W (author); Paganin, David (author); Pavlov, Konstantin M  (author)orcid ; Lewis, Rob A (author)
Publication Date: 2005
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/15/008
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/3466
Abstract: We implement an algorithm that is able to decode a single analyser-based x-ray phase-contrast image of a sample, converting it into an equivalent conventional absorption-contrast radiograph. The algorithm assumes the projection approximation for x-ray propagation in a single-material object embedded in a substrate of approximately uniform thickness. Unlike the phase-contrast images, which have both directional bias and a bias towards edges present in the sample, the reconstructed images are directly interpretable in terms of the projected absorption coefficient of the sample. The technique was applied to a Leeds TOR [MAM] phantom, which is designed to test mammogram quality by the inclusion of simulated microcalcifications, filaments and circular discs. This phantom was imaged at varying doses using three modalities: analyser-based synchrotron imaging and imaging using a conventional mammography unit. Features in the following resulting images were then assigned a quality score by volunteers. The single-image reconstruction method achieved higher scores at equivalent and lower doses than the conventional mammography images, but no improvement of visualization of the simulated microcalcifications, and some degradation in image quality at reduced doses for filament features.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Physics in Medicine and Biology, 50(15), p. 3599-3611
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 1361-6560
0031-9155
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 020504 Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications
110320 Radiology and Organ Imaging
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 861502 Medical Instruments
861503 Scientific Instruments
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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