Determination of the modulation transfer function using the edge method: Influence of scattered radiation

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3485-3491

  Neitzel, Ulrich ^a   Buhr, Egbert ^b   Hilgers, Gerhard ^b   Granfors, Paul R ^c  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^c PERKINELMER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Edge method; Modulation transfer function; Scattered radiation

Indexed keywords

CESIUM IODIDE; ERRORS; MODULATION; RADIATION;

DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM; EDGE METHOD; INCIDENT RADIATION; RADIATION QUALITY; SCATTERED RADIATIONS; SPATIAL FREQUENCY; THEORETICAL MODELING;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ARTICLE; DISPLAY SYSTEM; ELECTRON BEAM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL ROTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; X RAY FILM;

EID: 11244325006     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1813872     Document Type: Article

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