Fundamental imaging characteristics of a slot-scan digital chest radiographic system

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2687-2698

  Samei, Ehsan ^a   Saunders, Robert S ^a   Lo, Joseph Y ^a   Dobbins III, James T ^a   Jesneck, Jonathan L ^a   Floyd, Carey E ^a   Ravin, Carl E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest radiography; Detective quantum efficiency; Digital radiography; DQE; Flat panel x ray detector; Image quality; Modulation transfer function; MTF; Noise; Noise power spectrum; NPS; Resolution; Scatter fraction

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; IMAGE QUALITY; MODULATION; NEPTUNIUM; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; POWER SPECTRUM; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

CHEST RADIOGRAPHY; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FLAT-PANEL X-RAY DETECTOR; NOISE; NOISE POWER SPECTRUM; SCATTER FRACTIONS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ARTICLE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LINEAR SYSTEM; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 4644357257     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1783531     Document Type: Article

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