X-RAY VISUALIZATION OF MICROCALCIFICATIONS ON THE BASIS OF THE DUAL-ENERGY DIVIDING AND SUBTRACTION MAMMOGRAPHY
This research is aimed at improving the early detection of microcalcifications serving the earliest indicator of the breast cancer. In this paper we investigate mammography based on the visualization of a convex combination of the effective atomic number and the density identified on the basis of the dual-energy dividing and subtraction algorithms. It is shown that the visualization of a convex combination of the effective atomic number and the density significantly improves the identification of microcalcifications.