Advanced three dimensional digital tomosynthesis studies for breast imaging (original) (raw)

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Η συγκεκριμένη διατριβή εστιάζει στη μελέτη των τεχνικών της τομοσύνθεσης όπως αυτές εφαρμόζονται στην απεικόνιση του μαστού, με στόχο την βελτίωση της ανίχνευσης των αλλοιώσεων του μαστού. Η τομοσύνθεση του μαστού είναι μια τεχνική ψευδό-τρισδιάστατης απεικόνισης με ακτίνες-χ που ανακατασκευάζει τομογραφικές εικόνες χρησιμοποιώντας μια σειρά προβολικών λήψεων υπό διαφορετικές γωνίες σε περιορισμένο τόξο γύρω από το μαστό και με δόσεις ακτινοβολίας παρόμοιες με εκείνες που απαιτούνται για τις δύο τυπικές λήψεις της κλασικής μαστογραφίας. Μελέτες προσομοίωσης και κλινικές δοκιμές δείχνουν πως η τομοσύνθεση του μαστού βελτιώνει την απεικόνιση του μαστού, με αποτέλεσμα την καλύτερη ανίχνευση των αλλοιώσεων ειδικά σε πυκνούς μαστούς και αναμένεται ότι η εφαρμογή της θα μπορούσε να μειώσει την ανάγκη επανάληψης της εξέτασης. Οι αλγόριθμοι ανακατασκευής και οι παράμετροι λήψης των προβολικών εικόνων είναι μεγάλης σημασίας για την ποιότητα των ανακατασκευασμένων τομογραφικών εικόνων. Ο στό...

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