Monte Carlo generated mammograms

Author

Tzanakos, G. ; Spyrou, G. ; Bakas, A. ; Panayiotakis, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Athens Univ., Greece

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

29 Oct-1 Nov 1998

Firstpage

733

Abstract

A software package using Monte Carlo methods has been developed for the simulation of X-ray mammography. A simplified geometry of the mammographic apparatus has been considered along with a software phantom of compressed breast. This phantom may contain inhomogeneities of various compositions and sizes at any point. Using this model one can produce mammograms resulted from simulating various mammographic conditions. First comparisons between true mammographic images with images produced from Monte Carlo simulation of mammography are very encouraging. The applications of the production of such images are discussed

Keywords

Compton effect; Monte Carlo methods; Rayleigh scattering; diagnostic radiography; image representation; mammography; medical image processing; photon transport theory; physiological models; Compton scattering; Monte Carlo generated mammograms; Rayleigh scattering; X-ray mammography simulation; compressed breast; imaging oriented simulation; inhomogeneities; mammographic apparatus; photon transport; simplified geometry; software package; software phantom; true mammographic images; Biomedical imaging; Breast; Geometry; Image coding; Imaging phantoms; Mammography; Monte Carlo methods; Physics; Rayleigh scattering; Solid modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1998. Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5164-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1998.745527

Filename

745527