Diagnostic imaging - Evaluating image quality using visual grading characteristic (VGC) analysis

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 473-479

  Ludewig, Eberhard ^a   Richter, Andreas ^a   Frame, Mairi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Radiology; Statistics; Visual grading characteristics analysis

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RADIOLOGY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VISUAL GRADING CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; VETERINARY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 77955554142     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-010-9413-2     Document Type: Review

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