Generalized NEQ for assessment of ultrasound image quality

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5030 I, Issue , 2003, Pages 391-402

  Zemp, Roger J ^a   Abbey, Craig K ^a   Insana, Michael F ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; Ideal observer; Lesion; Noise equivalent quanta

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE;

NOISE EQUIVALENT QUANTA (NEQ);

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0041875191     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.480134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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