Comparison of low contrast detectability between a digital amorphous silicon and a screen-film based imaging system for thoracic radiography

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1349-1358

  Aufrichtig, Richard ^a  

^a GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Detective quantum efficiency; Digital chest radiography; Observer modeling

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBJECT DETECTION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

ALTERNATIVE FORCED CHOICE; AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI); CHEST RADIOGRAPHY; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HUMAN VISUAL SYSTEM; OBSERVER MODELS; SPATIAL RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; THORACIC RADIOGRAPHY;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032767558     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598630     Document Type: Article

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