Image quality dependence on in-plane positions and directions for MDCT images

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 114-121

  Hara, Takanori ^a,b   Ichikawa, Katsuhiro ^b   Sanada, Shigeru ^b   Ida, Yoshihiro ^c  

^a Nakatsugawa Munic General Hospital   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Low contrast detectability; Modulation transfer function (MTF); Multidetector row CT (MDCT); Noise power spectrum (NPS); Signal to noise ratio (SNR)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETECTABILITY; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; MULTIDETECTOR-ROW CT; NOISE POWER SPECTRUM;

ABERRATIONS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODULATION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; POWER SPECTRUM; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953872191     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.03.060     Document Type: Article

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