Influence of scatter reduction on lesion signal-to-noise ratio and lesion detection in digital chest radiography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3336, Issue , 1998, Pages 337-347

  Neitzel, Ulrich ^a   Pralow, Thomas ^a   Schaefer Prokop, Cornelia ^a   Prokop, Mathias ^a  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiscatter grid; Digital chest radiography; Lesion detectability; Scatter reduction; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SCATTERING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

LESION DETECTABILITY; SCATTER REDUCTION;

RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032402936     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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