Goodsitt Mitchell M, Maidment Andrew D A
University of Michigan, Department of Radiology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
J Med Imaging (Bellingham). 2025 Jan;12(Suppl 1):S13012. doi: 10.1117/1.JMI.12.S1.S13012. Epub 2025 Feb 12.
Tomosynthesis is a limited-angle multi-projection method that was conceived to address a significant limitation of conventional single-projection x-ray imaging: the overlap of structures in an image. We trace the historical evolution of tomosynthesis.
Relevant papers are discussed including descriptions of technical advances and clinical applications.
We start with the invention of tomosynthesis by Ziedses des Plantes in the Netherlands and Kaufman in the United States in the mid-1930s and end with our predictions of future technical advances. Some of the other topics that are covered include a respiratory-gated chest tomosynthesis system of the late 1930s, film-based systems of the 1960s and 1970s, coded aperture tomosynthesis, fluoroscopy tomosynthesis, digital detector-based tomosynthesis for imaging the breast and body, orthopedic, dental and radiotherapy applications, optimization of acquisition parameters for breast and body tomosynthesis, reconstruction methods, characteristics of present-day tomosynthesis systems, x-ray tubes, and promising new applications including contrast-enhanced and multimodal breast imaging systems.
Tomosynthesis has had an exciting history that continues today. This should serve as a foundation for other papers in the special issue "Celebrating Digital Tomosynthesis: Past, Present and Future" in the .
断层合成是一种有限角度的多投影方法，旨在解决传统单投影X射线成像的一个重大局限：图像中结构的重叠。我们追溯断层合成的历史演变。
讨论相关论文，包括技术进展和临床应用的描述。
我们从20世纪30年代中期荷兰的齐德塞斯·德·普兰特斯和美国的考夫曼发明断层合成开始，以我们对未来技术进展的预测结束。涵盖的其他一些主题包括20世纪30年代末的呼吸门控胸部断层合成系统、20世纪60年代和70年代的基于胶片的系统、编码孔径断层合成、荧光透视断层合成、用于乳腺和身体成像的基于数字探测器的断层合成、骨科、牙科和放射治疗应用、乳腺和身体断层合成采集参数的优化、重建方法、当今断层合成系统的特点、X射线管以及包括对比增强和多模态乳腺成像系统在内的有前景的新应用。
断层合成有着激动人心的历史，并且延续至今。这应为该杂志特刊“庆祝数字断层合成：过去、现在和未来”中的其他论文奠定基础。
