Generalized DQE analysis of radiographic and dual-energy imaging using flat-panel detectors

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1397-1413

  Richard, S ^a   Siewerdsen, J H ^a,b   Jaffray, D A ^a,b   Moseley, D J ^b   Bakhtiar, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anatomical noise; Detectability index; Detective quantum efficiency; Dual energy imaging; Flat panel detectors; Generalized DQE; Imaging performance; Lung nodules; Noise power spectrum; Thoracic imaging

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; QUANTUM NOISE; RADIOGRAPHY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ANATOMICAL NOISE; DETECTABILITY INDEX; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; DUAL-ENERGY IMAGING; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; GENERALIZED DQE; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; LUNG NODULE; NOISE POWER SPECTRUM; THORACIC IMAGING;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DUAL ENERGY IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG NODULE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NOISE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 18844408570     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1901203     Document Type: Article

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