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It is generally believed that digital mammography is the most promising technique for early detection of breast-cancer[1]. However, there are many technological challenges associated with digital mammography. With the high resolution and low noise needed for detection of micro-calcifications and low contrast tumors, a tremendous amount of data has to be acquired and read out in a few seconds. This puts difficult constraints on electronics and the data-acquisiton system.
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Beuville, E. et al. (1998). High Resolution Mammography Using a Scanned Slit Silicon Strip Detector. In: Karssemeijer, N., Thijssen, M., Hendriks, J., van Erning, L. (eds) Digital Mammography. Computational Imaging and Vision, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5318-8_4
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