A method to measure the temporal MTF to determine the DQE of fluoroscopy systems

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6142 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Friedman, S N ^a   Cunningham, I A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Detective quantum efficiency; Detector lag; DQE; Fluoroscopy; Modulation transfer function; MTF; Temporal MTF; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PATIENT TREATMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RADIATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; DETECTOR LAG; DQE; FLUOROSCOPY; MTF; NOISE POWER SPECTRUM (NPS); TEMPORAL MTF; X-RAY IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33745388023     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.654516     Document Type: Conference Paper

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