Signal-to-noise ratio and spatial resolution in x-ray electronic imagers: Is the MTF a relevant parameter?

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 86-93

  Moy, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a Trixell   (France)

Author keywords

DQE; MTF; Noise aliasing; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; EFFICIENCY; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHOTODEGRADATION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM NOISE; X RAY DETECTORS;

DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; NOISE ALIASING; SAMPLING FREQUENCIES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRANSFER PROPERTIES; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; X-RAY IMAGING DETECTOR; XRAY IMAGING;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; X RAY PICTURE;

EID: 0033983981     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598859     Document Type: Article

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