Effect of noise correlation on detectability of disk signals in medical imaging

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 1985, Pages 1752-1759

  Myers, K J ^a,b   Barrett, H H ^a,b   Borgstrom, M C ^a   Patton, D D ^a   Seeley, G W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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ARTICLE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FOURIER ANALYSIS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0022135615     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.2.001752     Document Type: Article

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