@inproceedings{3b4fd30b8fa649f7911031ea90ec33c9,
title = "Optimization of tomosynthesis acquisition parameters: Angular range and number of projections",
abstract = "In breast tomosynthesis several projection views of the object are acquired over a limited angular range from which slice images are reconstructed. The image quality of the reconstructed slices, however, depends on the geometric acquisitions parameters and on the reconstruction algorithm. We investigated the impact of the angular range of data acquisition and number of projection views on image quality by performing 3-D cascaded linear system modeling and phantom measurements. The results show that a larger angular range not only increases resolution perpendicular to the slices but also improves the visibility of low-frequency objects since the sampling area in Fourier space is mainly limited at low-frequencies. The effect on contrast resolution is demonstrated also with clinical data sets.",
keywords = "Artifacts, Breast tomosynthesis, Data acquisition, Filtered backprojection, Linear systems theory, Reconstruction",
author = "Thomas Mertelmeier and Jasmina Ludwig and Bo Zhao and Wei Zhao",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-540-70538-3\_31",
language = "English",
isbn = "3540705376",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
pages = "220--227",
booktitle = "Digital Mammography - 9th International Workshop, IWDM 2008, Proceedings",
note = "9th International Workshop on Digital Mammography, IWDM 2008 ; Conference date: 20-07-2008 Through 23-07-2008",
}