Radiography
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 13-19 , February 2006

Image quality of digital mammography images produced using wet and dry laser imaging systems

Received 30 October 2004 ,Accepted 29 January 2005.

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PII: S1078-8174(05)00007-6

doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2005.01.006

Radiography
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 13-19 , February 2006