Obtaining Phantom Mamographic Radiographies of Microcalcification and Fibrous Structures Using a Microstrips Crystalline Silicon Detector

Abstract

The digital radiography gradually displaces its filmic predecessor and in this behavior the development of new radiation detectors with better properties plays an essential role. A microstrips crystalline silicon detector designed for High Energies Physics researches is analyzed as detector for digital mammography. With this objective the detector was electrically and spectrometrically characterized. Also, using phantoms of fibrous structures and microcalcifications, were carried out experiments in order to obtain digital radiographic images. The obtained results were satisfactory and reveal the potentiality of this detector to be introduced in the digital mammography.