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  • Radiology
  • Biomedical Engineering

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  • Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) is crucial for early breast cancer detection.
  • Optimizing the imaging chain in DBT systems is essential for improving diagnostic accuracy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a novel digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) imaging system.
  • To optimize the imaging chain for enhanced mammary tomography.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a DBT system analyzing 3D tomography and scanning methods.
  • Implemented projection data correction, geometric correction, enhancement, filter modulation, and reconstruction.
  • Established a hardware testing platform and evaluated with ACR and high-resolution phantoms, plus patient data.

Main Results:

  • High-resolution phantom images showed clear line pairs without artifacts after geometric correction.
  • ACR phantom images demonstrated improved definition of calcifications, cysts, and fibrous structures post-filtering.
  • Patient data revealed high tissue contrast and clearer lesion display in reconstructed images.

Conclusions:

  • The developed DBT imaging system achieves image quality comparable to commercial systems.
  • This system facilitates improved imaging diagnosis of breast diseases through enhanced mammary tomography.