Effects of a digital filter on detectability of a phantom lesion in a scintigram of the equine tarsus

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 365-370

  Eksell, Per ^a   Carlsson, Sten ^b   Lord, Peter ^a   Carlsten, Johan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UDDEVALLA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Digital filter; Equine; Image processing; Nuclear medicine; Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; HINDLIMB; HORSE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; ROC CURVE; SCINTISCANNING;

ANIMALS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HORSES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; ROC CURVE; TARSUS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034221205     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2000.tb02089.x     Document Type: Article

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