Comparison of human- and model-observer LROC studies

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5034, Issue , 2003, Pages 112-122

  Gifford, Howard C ^a   Hendrik Pretorius, P ^a   King, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection tasks; Image quality; Localization ROC (LROC); Model observers; Photon scatter correction methods; Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE COMPRESSION; IMAGE QUALITY; TUMORS;

MODEL OBSERVERS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0041357261     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.480341     Document Type: Conference Paper

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