Effective DQE (eDQE) and speed of digital radiographic systems: An experimental methodology

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3806-3817

  Samei, Ehsan ^a   Ranger, Nicole T ^b   MacKenzie, Alistair ^c   Honey, Ian D ^d   Dobbins, James T ^b   Ravin, Carl E ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chest radiography; Detective quantum efficiency (DQE); Digital radiography; Image quality; Modulation transfer function (MTF); Noise power spectrum (NPS); Speed

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FUNCTION EVALUATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODULATION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHANTOMS; POWER SPECTRUM; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPEED; X RAYS;

CHEST RADIOGRAPHY; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; EFFECTIVE DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCIES (EDQE); EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY; NOISE POWER SPECTRUM;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; THORAX; X RAY;

EID: 68149163591     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3171690     Document Type: Article

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