@inproceedings{a828cfdb486242658ceb118876a72554,
title = "Scintillator performance considerations for dedicated breast computed tomography",
abstract = "Dedicated breast computed tomography (BCT) is an emerging clinical modality that can eliminate tissue superposition and has the potential for improved sensitivity and specificity for breast cancer detection and diagnosis. It is performed without physical compression of the breast. Most of the dedicated BCT systems use large-area detectors operating in cone-beam geometry and are referred to as cone-beam breast CT (CBBCT) systems. The large-area detectors in CBBCT systems are energy-integrating, indirect-type detectors employing a scintillator that converts x-ray photons to light, followed by detection of optical photons. A key consideration that determines the image quality achieved by such CBBCT systems is the choice of scintillator and its performance characteristics. In this work, a framework for analyzing the impact of the scintillator on CBBCT performance and its use for task-specific optimization of CBBCT imaging performance is described.",
keywords = "breast cancer, computed tomography (CT), cone-beam CT (CBCT), dedicated breast computed tomography (BCT), scintillator",
author = "Srinivasan Vedantham and Linxi Shi and Andrew Karellas",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} COPYRIGHT SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.; Radiation Detectors in Medicine, Industry, and National Security XVIII 2017 ; Conference date: 09-08-2017 Through 10-08-2017",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1117/12.2279225",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Grim, {Gary P.} and Furenlid, {Lars R.} and Barber, {H. Bradford}",
booktitle = "Radiation Detectors in Medicine, Industry, and National Security XVIII",
}