Generalized two-dimensional (2D) linear system analysis metrics (GMTF, GDQE) for digital radiography systems including the effect of focal spot, magnification, scatter, and detector characteristics

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7622, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages

  Jain, Amit ^a   Kuhls Gilcrist, Andrew T ^a   Gupta, Sandesh K ^a   Bednarek, Daniel R ^a   Rudin, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

DQE; FPD; GDQE; GMTF; MAF; MTF

Indexed keywords

DQE; FPD; GDQE; GMTF; MAF; MTF;

LINEAR SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PIXELS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

DETECTORS;

EID: 79955760164     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.845293     Document Type: Conference Paper

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