Open AccessAAPM tutorial. Physics of mammography: image recording process.
Author(s) -
Martin J. Yaffe
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
radiographics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.866
H-Index - 172
eISSN - 1527-1323
pISSN - 0271-5333
DOI - 10.1148/radiographics.10.2.2183301
Subject(s) - mammography , magnification , medicine , image quality , medical physics , quality (philosophy) , function (biology) , image (mathematics) , computer vision , computer science , physics , breast cancer , cancer , quantum mechanics , evolutionary biology , biology
The many physical factors that influence image processing and image quality in mammography are reviewed in this tutorial. The physics principles that are at work in the function of screen-film mammographic image receptors are discussed in detail. The author reviews methods of quality control for screen-film mammography and the principles for xeromammography and magnification mammography.