Intercomparison of methods for image quality characterization. I. Modulation transfer function

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1454-1465

  Samei, Ehsan ^a   Ranger, Nicole T ^a   Dobbins III, James T ^a   Chen, Ying ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital radiography; Edge; Glare; IEC 62220; Image quality; Linear systems analysis; Modulation transfer function (MTF); Resolution; Slit

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CUTOFF FREQUENCY; DIGITAL DEVICES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GLARE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MODULATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; QUALITY CONTROL; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TESTING;

DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; EDGE; IEC 62220; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SLIT;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ALUMINUM; COPPER;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; FILTRATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POWER SPECTROM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

EID: 33646438839     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2188816     Document Type: Article

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