Automatic image quality quantification and mapping with an edge-preserving mask-filtering algorithm

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-55

  Kortesniemi, M ^a   Schenkel, Y ^b   Salli, E ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Computer applications; CT; PACS; QA QC; Technical aspects

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION METHODS; DOSIMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOLOGY;

DIGITAL RADIOLOGY; FILTERED LOCAL INTENSITY; RADIOSURGERY VERIFICATION PHANTOMS; TECHNICAL ASPECTS;

IMAGE QUALITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38349188910     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850701673409     Document Type: Article

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