Physical measures of image quality in photostimulable phosphor radiographic systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3032, Issue , 1997, Pages 328-338

  Samei, Ehsan ^a   Flynn, Michael J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Computed radiography (CR); Detective quantum efficiency (DQE); Digital radiography; Image quality; Modulation transfer function (MTF); Noise; Noise power spectrum (NPS); Resolution; Storage phosphor radiography

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUNCTIONS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE REGISTRATION; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINOUS PAINT; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODULATION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOSPHORS; PIXELS; POWER SPECTRUM; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY (CR); DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY (DQE); DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION (MTF); NOISE; NOISE POWER SPECTRUM (NPS); RESOLUTION; STORAGE PHOSPHOR RADIOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0343832476     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.273999     Document Type: Conference Paper

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