A moving slanted-edge method to measure the temporal modulation transfer function of fluoroscopic systems

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2473-2484

  Friedman, S N ^a,b   Cunningham, I A ^a,b,c  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Detective quantum efficiency; Edge; Edge spread function; Fluoroscopy; Lag; Line spread function; Modulation transfer function; Temporal MTF; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

CESIUM IODIDE; EFFICIENCY; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODULATION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; EDGE; EDGE SPREAD FUNCTION; FLUOROSCOPY; LINE SPREAD FUNCTIONS; TEMPORAL MTF; XRAY IMAGING;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUOROSCOPY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY; X RAY;

EID: 44349183159     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2919724     Document Type: Article

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