Analysis of Fourier-domain task-based detectability index in tomosynthesis and cone-beam CT in relation to human observer performance

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1754-1768

  Gang, Grace J ^a,b   Lee, Junghoon ^c   Stayman, J Webster ^b   Tward, Daniel J ^b   Zbijewski, W ^b   Prince, Jerry L ^c   Siewerdsen, Jeffrey H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

cascaded systems analysis; cone beam CT; detectability index; image quality; imaging task; observer study; tomosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); IMAGE QUALITY; ISOMERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTUM NOISE; RADAR CLUTTER; SPECTRAL DENSITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CASCADED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; CONE-BEAM CT; DETECTABILITY INDEX; IMAGING TASK; OBSERVER STUDIES; TOMOSYNTHESIS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79953647204     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3560428     Document Type: Article

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