Advances in research on automatic exposure control of mammography system.
- Author:
Guoyi WANG
;
Chengfu YE
;
Haiming WU
;
Tainfu WANG
;
Hong ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Humans;
Mammography;
methods;
Phantoms, Imaging;
Radiation Dosage;
Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
- From:
Journal of Biomedical Engineering
2014;31(6):1394-1399
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Mammography imaging is one of the most demanding imaging modalities from the point of view of the bal- ance between image quality (the visibility of small size and/or low contrast structures) and dose (screening of many asymptomatic people). Therefore, since the introduction of the first dedicated mammographic units, many efforts have been directed to seek the best possible image quality while minimizing patient dose. The performance of auto- matic exposure control (AEC) is the manifestation of this demand. The theory of AEC includes exposure detection and optimization and also involves some accomplished methodology. This review presents the development and present situa- tion of spectrum optimization, detector evolution, and the way how to accomplish and evaluate AEC methods.
