Calculation of noise-equivalent image quality

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 2822-2825

  Wollenweber, S D ^b,c   Phillips, K R ^a   Stearns, C W ^a  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERGSTROM SCATTERING; IMAGE GENERATION; NOISE-EQUIVALENT COUNT RATE (NECR); PHANTOMS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; APPROXIMATION THEORY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

IMAGE QUALITY;

EID: 11844288326     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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