Full-size digital storage phosphor chest radiography: Effect of 4k versus 2k matrix size on observer performance in detection of subtle interstitial abnormalities

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 170-174

  Ueguchi, Takashi ^a,b   Johkoh, Takeshi ^b   Tomiyama, Noriyuki ^b   Honda, Osamu ^b   Mihara, Naoki ^b   Hamada, Seiki ^b   Murai, Sachiko ^b   Ogata, Yuji ^b   Matsumoto, Mitsuhiro ^b   Nakamura, Hironobu ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interstitial abnormalities; Observer performance; Receiver operating characteristic analysis; Spatial resolution requirements; Storage phosphor radiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STORAGE PHOSPHOR RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 21044458630     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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