Assessing the information content of phosphor produced medical images: Application to Zn2SiO4:Mn phosphor

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 119-126

  Cavouras, D ^a   Kandarakis, I ^a   Nomicos, C D ^a   Panayiotakis, G S ^b   Fezoulidis, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Medical phosphors; MTF; Phosphor screens; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT MODULATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; X RAYS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

LIGHT FLUX; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION;

PHOSPHORS;

PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LIGHT; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BIOPHYSICS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MANGANESE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SILICATES; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0033992132     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(99)00116-5     Document Type: Article

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