Perception of temporally filtered X-ray fluoroscopy images

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-31

  Wilson, David L ^a   Jabri, Kadri N ^b,c   Aufrichtig, Richard ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Image perception; Temporal filtering; X ray dose; X ray fluoroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; VISION;

ADULT; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

HIGH PASS FILTERS; IMAGE QUALITY; LOW PASS FILTERS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

NONPREWHITENING HUMAN-OBSERVER MODEL; TEMPORAL FILTERING; X RAY FLUOROSCOPY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032587692     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.750250     Document Type: Article

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