Assessment of the effects of pixel loss on image quality in direct digital radiography

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 977-986

  Padgett, R ^a   Kotre, C J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTIONS (MTF); PIXEL LOSS;

RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NOISE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIATION DETECTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 1642569121     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/6/008     Document Type: Article

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