Statistical approach for image quality evaluation in daily medical practice

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 94-100

  Gurvich, Victor A ^a  

^a ALVIM Research and Development Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Detectability; Image quality; ROC curve; Statistical phantom

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PHANTOMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICS; WELL TESTING;

DETECTABILITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; IMAGE QUALITY EVALUATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS CURVES (ROC); ROC CURVES; STATISTICAL APPROACH; TECHNICAL CONDITIONS; TRAINING AND TESTING;

IMAGE QUALITY;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033957607     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598860     Document Type: Article

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