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On the comparison of actual and calculated improvements in the imaging of calcifications using magnification mammography
Author(s) -
Muntz E. P.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.594996
Subject(s) - mammography , normalization (sociology) , magnification , radiography , medical physics , computed radiography , computer science , radiology , artificial intelligence , medicine , image quality , breast cancer , image (mathematics) , cancer , sociology , anthropology
The theory developed by Muntz describing the relative detectability of calcifications in mammography has been recast in a way that permits meaningful experimental verification. An important result of this study is the demonstration of the power of using a normalization to a reference condition. Properly employed, normalization suppresses many of the difficult physical and psychovisual factors that appear in any attempt at analyzing radiographic examinations.