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Springer Digital Mammography 1st Editon 2009 Hardbound by Ulrich Bick, Felix Diekmann
Digital Radiography has been ? rmly established in diagnostic radiology during the last decade. Because of the special requirements of high contrast and spatial resolution needed for roentgen mammography, it took some more time to develop digital m- mography as a routine radiological tool. Recent technological progress in detector and screen design as well as increased ex- rience with computer applications for image processing have now enabled Digital Mammography to become a mature modality that opens new perspectives for the diag- sis of breast diseases. The editors of this timely new volume Prof. Dr. U. Bick and Dr. F. Diekmann, both well-known international leaders in breast imaging, have for many years been very active in the frontiers of theoretical and translational clinical research, needed to bring digital mammography ? nally into the sphere of daily clinical radiology. I am very much indebted to the editors as well as to the other internationally rec- nized experts in the ? eld for their outstanding state of the art contributions to this v- ume. It is indeed an excellent handbook that covers in depth all aspects of Digital Mammography and thus further enriches our book series Medical Radiology. The highly informative text as well as the numerous well-chosen superb illustrations will enable certi? ed radiologists as well as radiologists in training to deepen their knowledge in modern breast imaging. Basic Physics of Digital Mammography.- Detectors for Digital Mammography.- Quality Control in Digital Mammography.- Classification of Artifacts in Clinical Digital Mammography.- Image Processing.- Computer-aided Detection and Diagnosis.- Softcopy Reading.- Digital Workflow, PACS, and Telemammography.- Digital Mammography Clinical Trials: The North American Experience.- Digital Mammography in European Population-Based Screening Programs.- Mammographic Signs of Malignancy: Impact of Digital Mammography on Visibility and Appearance.- Contrast-Enhanced Digital Mammography.- Digital Breast Tomosynthesis and Breast CT.