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Planar 2D X-ray mammography is the most common screening technique used for breast cancer detection. Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is a new and emerging technology that overcomes some of the limitations of conventional planar imaging. However, it is important to understand the impact of these two modalities on cancer detection rates and patient recall. Since it is difficult to adequately evaluate different modalities clinically, a collection of modeling tools is introduced in this paper that can be used to emulate the image acquisition process for both modalities. In this paper, we discuss image simulation chains that can be used for the evaluation of 2D-mammography and DBT systems in terms of both technical factors and observer studies.
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Elangovan, P. et al. (2012). A Modelling Framework for Evaluation of 2D-Mammography and Breast Tomosynthesis Systems. In: Maidment, A.D.A., Bakic, P.R., Gavenonis, S. (eds) Breast Imaging. IWDM 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7361. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31271-7_44
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