Contrast-detail analysis of three flat panel detectors for digital radiography

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1707-1719

  Borasi, Giovanni ^a   Samei, Ehsan ^b   Bertolini, Marco ^a   Nitrosi, Andrea ^a   Tassoni, Davide ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast detail; Diagnostic radiology; Digital imaging; Flat panel detectors; Image quality; Observer performance

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST DETAIL; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; OBSERVER PERFORMANCE;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FLAT PANEL DETECTOR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PERFORMANCE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; X IRRADIATION;

EID: 33744819202     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2191014     Document Type: Article

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