An experimental comparison of flat-panel detector performance for direct and indirect systems (initial experiences and physical evaluation)

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 362-370

  Gomi, Tsutomu ^a   Koshida, Kichirou ^b   Miyati, Tosiaki ^b   Miyagawa, Jun ^a   Hirano, Hiroshi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flat panel detector; Image quality; Modulation transfer function (MTF); Noise equivalent quanta (NEQ); Wiener spectrum (WS)

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; IMAGE QUALITY; LINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTIFICIAL LESIONS; NOISE EQUIVALENT QUANTA (NEQ); POWER SPECTRUM; WIENER SPECTRUM (WS);

FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LINEAR SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; POWER ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RADIOGRAPHY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPECTRUM;

COMPUTER TERMINALS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845571712     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-006-0634-4     Document Type: Article

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