Regional improvement of signal-to-noise and contrast-to-noise ratios in dual-screen CR chest imaging - A phantom study

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1080-1092

  Liu, X ^a   Shaw, C C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Computed radiography; Contrast to noise ratio; Dual screen imaging; Signal to noise ratio; Storage phosphor

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHANTOMS; RADIOGRAPHY;

COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DUAL-SCREEN IMAGING; OPTIMAL WEIGHTING; REGIONS OF INTEREST; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STORAGE PHOSPHORS; WEIGHTING FACTORS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034978373     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1376136     Document Type: Article

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