Intercomparison of methods for image quality characterization. II. Noise power spectrum

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1466-1475

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

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital radiography; IEC 62220 1; Image quality; Linear systems analysis; Noise; Noise power spectrum (NPS)

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LINEAR SYSTEMS; POWER SPECTRUM; RADIOGRAPHY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; IEC 62220-1; INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; NOISE; NOISE POWER SPECTRUM; THE REGION OF INTEREST (ROI);

QUALITY CONTROL;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DEPENDENCE; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEASUREMENT; NOISE POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; RADIATION BEAM; VERTICAL DIRECTIONAL DEPENDENCE;

EID: 33646455469     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2188819     Document Type: Article

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