SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO RATE MEASUREMENT IN FLUOROSCOPY FOR QUALITY CONTROL AND TEACHING GOOD RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING TECHNIQUE.
Radiat Prot Dosimetry
; 195(3-4): 407-415, 2021 Oct 12.
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| ID: mdl-33517437
ABSTRACT
Visibility of low-contrast details in fluoroscopy and interventional radiology is important. Assessing detail visibility with human observers typically suffers from large observer variances. Objective, quantitative measurement of low-contrast detail visibility using a model observer, such as the square of the signal-to-noise ratio rate (SNR2rate), was implemented in MATLAB™ and evaluated. The expected linear response of SNR2rate based on predictions by the so-called Rose model and frame statistics was verified. The uncertainty in the measurement of SNR2rate for a fixed imaging geometry was 6% based on 16 repeated measurements. The results show that, as expected, reduced object thickness and x-ray field size substantially improved SNR2rate/PKA,rate with PKA,rate being the air kerma area product rate. The measurement precision in SNR2rate/PKA,rate (8-9%) is sufficient to detect small but important improvements, may guide the selection of better imaging settings and provides a tool for teaching good radiological imaging techniques to clinical staff.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Radiologia Intervencionista
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article