Noise and signal detection in digital x-ray detectors using the spatial definition of SNR

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7258, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kyprianou, Iacovos S ^a   Badano, Aldo ^a   Park, Subok ^a   Liu, Haimo ^a   Myers, Kyle J ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary; Covariance matrix; Detectability; H matrix; SNR

Indexed keywords

CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERIES; CYLINDRICAL VESSELS; DETECTABILITY; DETECTION PROBABILITIES; DETECTOR RESPONSE; DIGITAL X-RAY DETECTOR; DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEMS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENVECTORS; ELECTRONIC NOISE; EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY; FOURIER; H MATRIX; HOTELLING OBSERVERS; SHIFT-INVARIANCE; SNR; STATIONARITY;

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; COVARIANCE MATRIX; DETECTORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; QUANTUM NOISE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 66749158088     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.813843     Document Type: Conference Paper

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