The use of MTF calculation in global and local resolution assessment in digital mammography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5030 II, Issue , 2003, Pages 896-907

  Rogge, Frank ^a   Bosmans, Hilde ^a   Willems, Peter ^b   Marchal, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b AGFA GEVAERT N V   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Digital mammography; Exposure parameters; MTF

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EXPOSURE PARAMETERS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0042877216     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.480008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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