Human and model observer performance for lesion detection in breast cone beam CT images with the FDK reconstruction.
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SUBMITTER: Han M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5854363 | biostudies-literature | 2018
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Human and model observer performance for lesion detection in breast cone beam CT images with the FDK reconstruction.
Han Minah M Kim Byeongjoon B Baek Jongduk J
PloS one 20180315 3
We investigate the detectability of breast cone beam computed tomography images using human and model observers and the variations of exponent, β, of the inverse power-law spectrum for various reconstruction filters and interpolation methods in the Feldkamp-Davis-Kress (FDK) reconstruction. Using computer simulation, a breast volume with a 50% volume glandular fraction and a 2mm diameter lesion are generated and projection data are acquired. In the FDK reconstruction, projection data are apodize ...[more]
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