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What is Worse : Decreased Spatial Resolution or Increased Noise ?
Proc. SPIE 4683, 338-346 (2002)
Purpose: To investigate the relative importance of spatial resolution and noise on the image quality of clinical radiographs. Methods: The spatial resolution and noise of fifteen digitized lumbar spine radiographs were altered with image processing. Three different MTF curves and three different Wiener spectra were combined into seven different combinations of spatial resolution and noise. These seven combinations were applied to the original data set, and the resulting images were printed on film. Seven expert radiologists evaluated the clinical image quality of the resulting images with visual grading analysis (VGA) of structures based on the European Image Criteria. Results: The results show that added noise is more deteriorating than reduced spatial resolution for the clinical image quality. For a given MTF and noise level, the worst was the one with increased noise followed by the one with both reduced MTF and added noise (mimicking a faster screen-film combination). Reduced MTF only gave the highest rating. Conclusions: It is more important to find methods for removing noise than to try to improve the MTF of a radiographic system. A noisy image can sometimes be improved by reducing the spatial resolution.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Herausgeber
Chakraborty, D.P.* ; Krupinski, E.A.*
Schlagwörter
Diagnostic radiology; lumbar spine radiography; contrast manipulation; modulation transfer functions (MTF); Wiener spectrum; visual grading analysis (VGA); European Image Criteria; evaluation methods for clinical image quality
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2002
HGF-Berichtsjahr
0
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0277-786X
e-ISSN
1996-756X
Konferenztitel
Medical Imaging 2002 : Image Perception, Observer Performance and Technology Assessment, San Diego, USA, 23.02. - 28.02.2002
Zeitschrift
Proceedings of SPIE
Quellenangaben
Band: 4683,
Seiten: 338-346
Reihe
Proceedings of SPIE
Verlag
SPIE
Verlagsort
Bellingham, WA
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Radiation Protection (ISS)
POF Topic(s)
30504 - Mechanisms of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Health and Disease
Forschungsfeld(er)
Radiation Sciences
PSP-Element(e)
G-501100-008
Erfassungsdatum
2002-09-11