Image information transfer properties of x-ray intensifying screens in the energy range from 17 to 320 keV

Medical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 1013-1021

  Ginzburg, A ^a   Dick, C E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

DQE; energy dependence; image information transfer; x ray fluorescent screens

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENERGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; X RAY FILM; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BIOMETRY; BIOPHYSICS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMAN; PHOTONS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 0027261156     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.596998     Document Type: Article

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