Image quality measurements in radiology

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 116-119

  Tapiovaara, Markku ^a  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERFORMANCE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 33645238901     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci707     Document Type: Review

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