Analysis Of The Effects Of Mtf, Scatter, And Display On Observer Perceptibility And Dose Efficiency Of Film-Screen-Grid Radiography

Gerald Cohen; Louis K. Wagner; Sharad R. Amtey; Gary Keyes

doi:10.1117/12.958899

18 August 1980 Analysis Of The Effects Of Mtf, Scatter, And Display On Observer Perceptibility And Dose Efficiency Of Film-Screen-Grid Radiography

Gerald Cohen, Louis K. Wagner, Sharad R. Amtey, Gary Keyes

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Proceedings Volume 0233, Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine VIII; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.958899
Event: Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine VIII, 1980, Las Vegas, United States

Abstract

The effects of MTF, scatter radiation and display on the contrast-detail characteristics of medical film/screen radiography are examined. Theoretical relationships between these quantities are derived using signal-detection and effective aperture approaches. It is seen that scatter radiation significantly affects the perceptible information in the images according to the scatter degradation factor and is somewhat a function of subject contrast. It is shown that the dose efficiency of film/screen radiography can be improved by a factor of two by the elimination of scatter.

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Gerald Cohen, Louis K. Wagner, Sharad R. Amtey, and Gary Keyes "Analysis Of The Effects Of Mtf, Scatter, And Display On Observer Perceptibility And Dose Efficiency Of Film-Screen-Grid Radiography", Proc. SPIE 0233, Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine VIII, (18 August 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.958899

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