Validating the use of channels to estimate the ideal linear observer

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1725-1738

  Gallas, Brandon D ^a   Barrett, Harrison H ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SIGNAL DETECTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LINEAR OBSERVERS;

IMAGE QUALITY;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0041761987     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.20.001725     Document Type: Article

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