Accuracy of a simple method for deriving the presampled modulation transfer function of a digital radiographic system from an edge image

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2323-2331

  Buhr, Egbert ^a   Günther Kohfahl, Susanne ^b   Neitzel, Ulrich ^b  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital radiography; Edge image; Image analysis; Modulation transfer function

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODULATION; PIXELS;

COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DATA PREPROCESSING; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; EDGE IMAGE; PIXELATED DETECTORS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 0141520703     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1598673     Document Type: Article

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