X-ray image system design using a human visual model

Warren B. Jackson; Peter Beebee; David A. Jared; David K. Biegelsen; James O. Larimer; Jeffrey Lubin; Jennifer Gille

doi:10.1117/12.237794

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11 April 1996 X-ray image system design using a human visual model

Warren B. Jackson, Peter Beebee, David A. Jared, David K. Biegelsen, James O. Larimer, Jeffrey Lubin, Jennifer Gille

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Proceedings Volume 2708, Medical Imaging 1996: Physics of Medical Imaging; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.237794
Event: Medical Imaging 1996, 1996, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

Because of the complex response of the human visual system, typical measurements of image system quality such as the detective quantum efficiency, mean transfer function, and signal-to- noise ratio cannot always be used to determine conditions for optimal perceptual image quality. Using a model of the human vision system, the ViDEOS/Sarnoff Human Vision Discrimination Model (HVM), this work demonstrates that human vision models provide a promising quantitative measure of image perceptual quality. The model requires an image and a matching reference image in order to determine the perceptual difference between the images at each point. A simple model of a digital amorphous silicon medical x-ray system is used to create the necessary images as a function of various design parameters. The image pairs are then analyzed by the HVM. In all cases the dependence of perceived image quality closely follows measures of image quality as determined by the HVM for many image system design variations. Increasing the detector size actually increases the image quality in the presence of either readout or input noise. The model was also used to optimize the image system for a specific task optimization. As an example, the effect of system design parameters on tumor identification in mammographic images is determined.

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Warren B. Jackson, Peter Beebee, David A. Jared, David K. Biegelsen, James O. Larimer, Jeffrey Lubin, and Jennifer Gille "X-ray image system design using a human visual model", Proc. SPIE 2708, Medical Imaging 1996: Physics of Medical Imaging, (11 April 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.237794

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