Visual perception studies and observer models in medical imaging

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 419-436

  Burgess, Arthur E ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VISION;

EID: 80053488769     PISSN: 00012998     EISSN: 15584623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2011.06.005     Document Type: Review

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