Signal-to-noise ratio criterion for the optimization of dual-energy acquisition using virtual x-ray imaging: Application to glass wool

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 436-449

  Létang, Jean Michel ^a   Freud, Nicolas ^a   Peix, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUAL ENERGY TECHNIQUE; GLASS WOOL; MEASUREMENT QUALITY; VIRTUAL IMAGING;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIALS; RAY TRACING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 4944235421     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1760083     Document Type: Article

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