Comparison of software and human observers in reading images of the CDMAM test object to assess digital mammography systems

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6142 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Young, Kenneth C ^a   Cook, James J H ^a   Oduko, Jennifer M ^a   Bosnians, Hilde ^b  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alternative forced choice; CDMAM phantom; Contrast detail; Digital mammography; Observer performance; Quality control

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURVE FITTING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERPOLATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL;

ALTERNATIVE-FORCED CHOICE; CDMAM PHANTOM; CONTRAST-DETAIL; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER PERFORMANCE;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745416524     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.653296     Document Type: Conference Paper

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