Comparison of model and human observer performance for detection and discrimination tasks using dual-energy x-ray images

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 5043-5053

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOISE ABATEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TEXTURES;

ACQUISITION PARAMETERS; CASCADED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUE; DETECTION AND DISCRIMINATIONS; HUMAN-OBSERVER PERFORMANCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; SHAPE DISCRIMINATION; TEXTURE DISCRIMINATION;

IMAGE QUALITY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MODEL; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; TASK PERFORMANCE; X RAY;

EID: 54949086053     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2988161     Document Type: Article

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