A technique for simulating the effect of dose reduction on image quality in digital chest radiography

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 114-125

  Veldkamp, Wouter J H ^a   Kroft, Lucia J M ^a   Van Delft, Jan Pieter A ^a   Geleijns, Jacob ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chest radiographs; Digital image processing; Digital radiography; Dose; Noise

Indexed keywords

CHEST RADIOGRAPHS; DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DOSE; NOISE;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGE REGISTRATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PIXELS; POWER SPECTRUM; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

IMAGE QUALITY;

ARTICLE; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 62949173801     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-008-9104-5     Document Type: Article

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