Mammographic image restoration using maximum entropy deconvolution

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 4997-5010

  Jannetta, A ^a   Jackson, John C ^a   Kotre, C J ^b   Birch, I P ^b   Robson, K J ^b   Padgett, R ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOLOGY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VISUALIZATION;

BLURRING; DECONVOLUTION; MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHOD (MEM); SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; ENTROPY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNIFICATION RADIOGRAPHY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHMS; ENTROPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 8544234291     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/21/011     Document Type: Article

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