Investigation of image components affecting the detection of lung nodules in digital chest radiography

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5749, Issue , 2005, Pages 231-242

  Båth, Magnus ^a   Håkansson, Markus ^a   Börjesson, Sara ^a   Hoeschen, Christoph ^b,c   Tischenko, Oleg ^b,c   Bochud, François O ^d   Verdun, Francis R ^d   Ullman, Gustaf ^e   Kheddache, Susanne ^a   Tingberg, Anders ^f   Månsson, Lars Gunnar ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anatomical background; Anatomical noise; Chest radiography; Lesion detection; Observer performance; Quantum noise; System noise

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; POWER SPECTRUM; QUANTUM NOISE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

ANATOMICAL BACKGROUND; ANATOMICAL NOISE; CHEST RADIOGRAPHY; LESION DETECTION; OBSERVER PERFORMANCE; SYSTEM NOISE;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 24644519906     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.595506     Document Type: Conference Paper

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