Saturday, January 5, 2008

Tomosynthesis

"Digital x-ray tomosynthesis is a technique for producing slice images using conventional x-ray systems. Tomosynthesis improves upon conventional geometric tomography in that it allows an arbitrary number of in-focus planes to be generated retrospectively from a sequence of projection radiographs that are acquired during a single motion of the x-ray tube. By shifting and adding these projection radiographs, specific planes may be reconstructed. Applications of tomosynthesis includes angiography, chest imaging, mammography, dental imaging and orthopaedic imaging."
Further reading
Digital x-ray tomosynthesis: current state of the art and clinical potential
James T Dobbins III et al 2003 Phys. Med. Biol. 48 R65-R106
doi:10.1088/0031-9155/48/19/R01

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