The accuracy and reproducibility of a global method to correct for geometric image distortion in the x-ray imaging chain

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1875-1888

  Gronenschild, Ed ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Digital radiography; Geometric distortion; II distortion; II TV system; Image intensifiers; Quantitative imaging

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; IMAGE INTENSIFIERS (SOLID STATE);

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; GEOMETRIC DISTORTION; GEOMETRIC IMAGE DISTORTION; QUANTITATIVE IMAGING; RANDOM ORIENTATIONS; TV SYSTEMS; X-RAY IMAGE INTENSIFIERS;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CINERADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIDEORECORDING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031455395     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598101     Document Type: Article

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