Extension of x-ray imaging linear systems analysis to detectors with energy discrimination capability

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2717-2728

  Marchal, Julien P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Digital radiography; DQE; Mammography; SNR; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); LINEAR SYSTEMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBJECT DETECTION; PARTICLE BEAMS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; DETECTOR TECHNOLOGY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; ENERGY DISCRIMINATIONS; LINEAR-RESPONSE THEORY; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING; XRAY IMAGING;

X RAY DETECTORS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SENSOR; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; THEORETICAL MODEL; X RAY;

EID: 23944527321     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1951041     Document Type: Article

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