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23 March 2010 Effects of image processing on the detective quantum efficiency
Hye-Suk Park, Hee-Joung Kim, Hyo-Min Cho, Chang-Lae Lee, Seung-Wan Lee, Yu-Na Choi
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Proceedings Volume 7622, Medical Imaging 2010: Physics of Medical Imaging; 76220M (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.844658
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2010, San Diego, California, United States
Abstract
Digital radiography has gained popularity in many areas of clinical practice. This transition brings interest in advancing the methodologies for image quality characterization. However, as the methodologies for such characterizations have not been standardized, the results of these studies cannot be directly compared. The primary objective of this study was to standardize methodologies for image quality characterization. The secondary objective was to evaluate affected factors to Modulation transfer function (MTF), noise power spectrum (NPS), and detective quantum efficiency (DQE) according to image processing algorithm. Image performance parameters such as MTF, NPS, and DQE were evaluated using the international electro-technical commission (IEC 62220-1)-defined RQA5 radiographic techniques. Computed radiography (CR) images of hand posterior-anterior (PA) for measuring signal to noise ratio (SNR), slit image for measuring MTF, white image for measuring NPS were obtained and various Multi-Scale Image Contrast Amplification (MUSICA) parameters were applied to each of acquired images. In results, all of modified images were considerably influence on evaluating SNR, MTF, NPS, and DQE. Modified images by the post-processing had higher DQE than the MUSICA=0 image. This suggests that MUSICA values, as a post-processing, have an affect on the image when it is evaluating for image quality. In conclusion, the control parameters of image processing could be accounted for evaluating characterization of image quality in same way. The results of this study could be guided as a baseline to evaluate imaging systems and their imaging characteristics by measuring MTF, NPS, and DQE.
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Hye-Suk Park, Hee-Joung Kim, Hyo-Min Cho, Chang-Lae Lee, Seung-Wan Lee, and Yu-Na Choi "Effects of image processing on the detective quantum efficiency", Proc. SPIE 7622, Medical Imaging 2010: Physics of Medical Imaging, 76220M (23 March 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.844658
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KEYWORDS
Modulation transfer functions
Image processing
Signal to noise ratio
Image quality
Radiography
Imaging systems
Quantum efficiency
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