Development and application of programs to measure modulation transfer function, noise power spectrum and detective quantum efficiency

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 283-287

  Padgett, Rodney ^a   Kotre, C J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; NOISE; X RAY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOMETRY; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645234024     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci740     Document Type: Article

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