Characterization of point spread function in linear digital tomosynthesis: A simulation study

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6142 III, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Avinash, Gopal ^a   Israni, Kenny ^b   Li, Baojun ^a  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Point spread function; Shear; Shift variance; Tilt; Tomosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; SHEAR; SHIFT VARIANCE; TILT; TOMOSYNTHESIS;

ALGORITHMS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33745403196     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.655331     Document Type: Conference Paper

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