A lesion detectability simulation method for digital x-ray imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 66-74

  Cooper, V N ^a   Boone, J M ^a   Seibert, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital radiography; Lesion detectability; Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC); Signal to noise ratio (SNR); Simulations

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE NOISE; PIXELS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

DIFFERENT SIZES; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGING; DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEMS; LESION DETECTABILITY; LESION SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; SIMULATIONS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; X RAY;

EID: 0033985062     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598872     Document Type: Article

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