Artifacts in digital breast tomosynthesis

William R. Geiser; Samuel A. Einstein; Wei Tse Yang

doi:10.2214/AJR.1719271

Artifacts in digital breast tomosynthesis

William R. Geiser, Samuel A. Einstein, Wei Tse Yang

Imaging Physics

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE. Artifacts in digital breast tomosynthesis and synthesized 2D imaging reduce image quality. This article describes the appearance of these unique artifacts, reviews their causes, and discusses methods to ameliorate these artifacts. CONCLUSION. Artifacts in digital breast tomosynthesis and synthesized 2D imaging can obscure important findings on mammograms. The radiologist, mammography technologist, and medical physicist must be able to recognize these artifacts and use the vendor’s new processing algorithms to mitigate the effects of such artifacts.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	926-932
Number of pages	7
Journal	American Journal of Roentgenology
Volume	211
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.1719271
State	Published - Oct 2018

Keywords

Artifacts
Digital breast tomosynthesis
Digital mammography
Quality assurance
Quality control

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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