Cascaded systems analysis of noise reduction algorithms in dual-energy imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 586-601

  Richard, Samuel ^a   Siewerdsen, Jeffrey H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cascaded systems analysis; DQE; Dual energy imaging; Flat panel detector; Imaging performance; Imaging task; MTF; NEQ; Noise reduction; NPS

Indexed keywords

IMAGE DENOISING; NEPTUNIUM; NOISE ABATEMENT; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

CASCADED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; DUAL-ENERGY IMAGING; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; IMAGING TASK;

QUANTUM NOISE;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BONE; DECOMPOSITION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NODULE; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NOISE REDUCTION; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SOFT TISSUE; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 38849138959     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2826556     Document Type: Article

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