Challenges in mammography: Part 1, artifacts in digital mammography

William R. Geiser; Tamara Miner Haygood; Lumarie Santiago; Tanya Stephens; Debra Thames; Gary J. Whitman

doi:10.2214/AJR.10.7246

Challenges in mammography: Part 1, artifacts in digital mammography

William R. Geiser, Tamara Miner Haygood, Lumarie Santiago, Tanya Stephens, Debra Thames, Gary J. Whitman

Imaging Physics

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE. Early detection of breast cancer is directly related to the radiologist's ability to detect abnormalities visible only on mammograms. Artifacts on mammograms reduce image quality and may present clinical and technical difficulties for the radiologist, mammography technologist, medical physicist, and equipment service personnel. CONCLUSION. In this article, we will illustrate the appearance of artifacts in full field digital mammography, review the causes of these artifacts, and discuss methods to eliminate artifacts in digital mammography.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	W1023-W1030
Journal	American Journal of Roentgenology
Volume	197
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.10.7246
State	Published - Dec 2011

Keywords

Artifacts
Full field digital mammography
Quality assurance
Quality control

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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