Comparison of a-Si:H/CsI flat-panel digital imaging systems with CR and CCD based systems - Image quality measurements

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4320, Issue , 2001, Pages 389-398

  Liu, X ^a   Shaw, C C ^a   Rong, X J ^a   Lemacks, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CCD; Computed radiography; Detective quantum efficiency; Digital mammography; Digital radiography; Flat panel; Modulation transfer function; Noise power spectra

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; QUANTUM OPTICS; RADIOGRAPHY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CHEST IMAGING; COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FLAT PANEL DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGE QUALITY MEASUREMENTS; MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGING; NOISE POWER SPECTRUM;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0034860597     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.430951     Document Type: Conference Paper

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