Stochastic noise characteristics in matrix inversion tomosynthesis (MITS)

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1521-1532

  Godfrey, Devon J ^a   McAdams, H P ^a   Dobbins, James T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest; NPS; Pulmonary nodule; Radiography; Three dimensional imaging; Tomosynthesis

Indexed keywords

IMPULSE RESPONSE; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NEPTUNIUM; POWER SPECTRUM; RADIATION HARDENING; RADIOGRAPHY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CHEST; CUMULATIVE EXPOSURES; HIGH-FREQUENCY NOISE; PULMONARY NODULES; SCATTERED RADIATIONS; STOCHASTIC PROPERTIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOSYNTHESIS;

TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MATRIX INVERSION TOMOSYNTHESIS; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NOISE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 65449183123     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3103399     Document Type: Article

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