Spectral analysis of mammographic images using a multitaper method

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 801-810

  Wu, Gang ^a   Mainprize, James G ^a   Yaffe, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

image quality; multitaper; noise power spectrum (NPS); power spectrum estimation

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS; POWER SPECTRUM; QUALITY ASSURANCE; WHITE NOISE; X RAY SCREENS;

DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY SYSTEM; FREQUENCY RESOLUTIONS; MULTITAPER; NOISE POWER SPECTRUM; POWER SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; POWER SPECTRUM ESTIMATION; REGIONS OF INTEREST; VARIANCE REDUCTIONS;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856951871     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3676740     Document Type: Article

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