OPDIMA: large-area CCD-based x-ray image sensor for spot imaging and biopsy control in mammography

Stefan J. Thunberg; Hartmut Sklebitz; Bengt Ekdahl; Lothar Baetz; Anders Lundin; Hans Moeller; Frank Fleischmann; Gregory Kreider; Tom Weidner

doi:10.1117/12.349488

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28 May 1999 OPDIMA: large-area CCD-based x-ray image sensor for spot imaging and biopsy control in mammography

Stefan J. Thunberg, Hartmut Sklebitz, Bengt Ekdahl, Lothar Baetz, Anders Lundin, Hans Moeller, Frank Fleischmann, Gregory Kreider, Tom Weidner

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Proceedings Volume 3659, Medical Imaging 1999: Physics of Medical Imaging; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.349488
Event: Medical Imaging '99, 1999, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The detection characteristics of digital x-ray and film-screen mammography systems are different and thus current film-screen techniques are not ideal for digital mammography. Therefore optimum technical parameters required for digital mammography are likely to be different compared with film-screen mammography. The goal of this study is to evaluate the optimum technical parameters for full-field digital mammography by experimental and computer simulation methods. A General Electric Full Field Digital Mammography (FFDM) prototype unit using Cesium Iodide (CsI) on an amorphous Silicon photodiode array was used for the experimental measurements. Using breast equivalent phantoms, images were acquired for a set of x-ray target-filters for a range of peak kilovoltage, varying breast composition and thickness, with and without an anti-scatter grid. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and figure-of-merit (FOM) were determined for simulated calcification and mass targets, independently by the two methods. The results for noise, contrast, SNR and FOM were compared and agree within 5% and 6% respectively. Combined results are presented for the case of 50% glandular - 50% adipose tissue breast composition using the grid and for the calcification target. Based on the FOM approach, preliminary results suggest that a Rhodium target-filter combination will be beneficial for higher breast thickness and for denser breasts.

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Stefan J. Thunberg, Hartmut Sklebitz, Bengt Ekdahl, Lothar Baetz, Anders Lundin, Hans Moeller, Frank Fleischmann, Gregory Kreider, and Tom Weidner "OPDIMA: large-area CCD-based x-ray image sensor for spot imaging and biopsy control in mammography", Proc. SPIE 3659, Medical Imaging 1999: Physics of Medical Imaging, (28 May 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.349488

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