Toward objective and quantitative evaluation of imaging systems using images of phantoms

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-95

  Gagne, Robert M ^a   Gallas, Brandon D ^a   Myers, Kyle J ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

"Bootstrapping"; "Shuffling"; Bias; Digital imaging; Image quality; Imaging phantom; Model observer; Nonprewhitening (NPW); Prewhitening (PW); Signal detection theory; Signal to noise ratio (SNR)

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

BIAS; BOOTSTRAPPING; DIGITAL IMAGING; IMAGING PHANTOMS; MODEL OBSERVER; NONPREWHITENING (NPW); PREWHITENING; SHUFFLING; SIGNAL DETECTION THEORY;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; LABORATORY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VARIANCE;

EID: 31044443442     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2140117     Document Type: Article

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