Analytic Approximation of the Log-Signal and Log-Variance Functions of X-Ray Imaging Systems, with Application to Dual-Energy Imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 867-879

  Cardinal, H Neale ^a   Fenster, Aaron ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

analysis; approximation; dual energy; noise; signal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ALUMINUM; COLLOIDS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; METHYLMETHACRYLATE; METHYLMETHACRYLATES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026002868     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.596744     Document Type: Article

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