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Development of a tissue‐equivalent phantom for diaphanography
Author(s) -
Linford J.,
Shalev S.,
Bews J.,
Brown R.,
Schipper H.
Publication year - 1986
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 - 10.1118/1.595948
Subject(s) - imaging phantom , transillumination , visualization , calibration , mammography , breast tissue , optics , biomedical engineering , computer science , medical physics , breast cancer , nuclear medicine , medicine , artificial intelligence , physics , cancer , quantum mechanics
A phantom is proposed for quality control and calibration of instruments used for transillumination of the breast for early detection of cancer. A container is filled with a material having optical properties very similar to those of breast tissue, and internal objects are viewed by transmitted light. The phantom can be used to optimize operating conditions for the visualization of small or deep‐seated lesions.