Diffraction Enhanced Mammography American Association of Physicists in Medicine July 28, 1999
Collaborators
Background
Advanced Photon Source
APS Experimental Floor
Discovery of DEI
Comparison - Conventional and DEI
DEI image of ACR phantom - smallest calcifications
How Does DEI Work?
Synchrotron Radiography and DEI
Experimental Setup at the NSLS X15A - X-ray Imaging PRT
Physics of DEI
Refraction - Absorption Analysis
DEI Analysis - Refraction & Absorption
Refraction Test Phantom
Where did excess contrast come from?
Extinction Contrast
Extinction in wood
Extinction effects in wood
Transition to multiple scattering
DEI Sources of Contrast
Cancer in Breast Tissue
Correlation of DEI features with cancer - MS2191- Invasive Lobular Carcinoma
Correlation of DEI features with cancer - MS1489- Invasive Lobular Carcinoma
Correlation of DEI features with cancer - MS6936- Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma
Mouse Images
Mouse Images APS 1-BM-B 18keV
Rabbit Lung Tissue Experiments
Extinction in Lung Tissue
Diffraction Enhanced Computed Tomography - DECT
DECT Oil-Plexiglass Test Object
Summary of Results
Plans
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Email: dean.chapman@iit.edu
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