Measurement and correction of the effects of lag on contrast-detail test results in fluoroscopy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 947-960

  Marshall, N W ^a   Kotre, C J ^b  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROSCOPY SYSTEMS;

CORRELATION METHODS; TELEVISION CAMERA TUBES; VIDEO CAMERAS;

VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FLUOROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TELEVISION; TELEVISION CAMERA; TIME; VARIANCE;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TIME FACTORS; X-RAYS;

EID: 0037149456     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/6/307     Document Type: Article

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