Cascaded systems analysis of the 3D noise transfer characteristics of flat-panel cone-beam CT

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5510-5529

  Tward, Daniel J ^a   Siewerdsen, Jeffrey H ^a,b,c,d  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D imaging; Computed tomography; Cone beam CT; Detective quantum efficiency; DQE; Flat panel detector; Imaging performance; Imaging task; NEQ; Noise equivalent quanta; Noise power spectrum; NPS

Indexed keywords

3D MODELING; EFFICIENCY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; NEPTUNIUM; POWER SPECTRUM; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

3D IMAGING; CONE-BEAM CT; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; IMAGING TASK; NOISE EQUIVALENT QUANTA; NOISE POWER SPECTRUM;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 56749159109     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3002414     Document Type: Article

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