Standardization of NPS measurement: Interim report of AAPM TG16

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5030 I, Issue , 2003, Pages 523-532

  Maidment, Andrew D A ^a,g   Albert, Michael ^a   Bunch, Phillip C ^b   Cunningham, Ian A ^c   Dobbins III, James T ^d   Gagne, Robert ^e   Nishikawa, Robert M ^f   Metter, Richard Van ^b   Wagner, Robert F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AAPM; Digital; Mammography; Noise power spectrum; Radiography; Wiener spectrum

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY;

NOISE POWER SPECTRUM;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0042376256     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.480451     Document Type: Conference Paper

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