ArticleJournal of medical imaging (Bellingham, Wash.)2025
Evaluation of the flying focal spot technology in a wide-angle digital breast tomosynthesis system.
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- Modified Z-resolution protocol for digital breast tomosynthesis.Medical physics · 2026Article
- Focal spot motion in digital breast tomosynthesis and its effect on spatial resolution.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2026Article
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- Introduction to the Special Issue: Celebrating Digital Tomosynthesis-Past, Present, and Future.Journal of medical imaging (Bellingham, Wash.) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Purpose: We characterize the flying focal spot (FFS) technology in digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), designed to overcome source motion blurring. Approach: A wide-angle DBT system with continuous gantry and focus motion ("uncompensated focus") and a system with FFS were compared for image sharpness and lesion detectability. The modulation transfer function (MTF) was assessed as a function of height in the projections and reconstructed images, along with lesion detectability using the contrast detail phantom for mammography (CDMAM) and the L1 phantom. Results: For the uncompensated focus system, the spatial frequency for 25% MTF value ( Conclusions: The FFS technology offers isotropic resolution, improved small detail detectability, and faster scan times in DBT mode compared with the traditional continuous gantry and focus motion approach.
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