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An Evaluation Method of X-ray Imaging System Resolution for Non-Engineers  

Woo, Jung-Eun (Department of Radiologic Science, Konyang University)
Lee, Yong-Geum (Department of Radiologic Science, Konyang University)
Bae, Seok-Hwan (Department of Radiologic Science, Konyang University)
Kim, Yong-Gwon (Department of Radiologic Science, Konyang University)
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Journal of radiological science and technology / v.35, no.4, 2012 , pp. 309-314 More about this Journal
Abstract
Nowadays, digital Radiography (DR) systems are widely used in clinical sites and substitute the analog-film x-ray imaging systems. The resolution of DR images depends on several factors such as characteristic contrast and motion of the object, the focal spot size and the quality of x-ray beam, x-ray scattering, the performance of the DR detector (x-ray conversion efficiency, the intrinsic resolution). The DR detector is composed of an x-ray capturing element, a coupling element and a collecting element, which systematically affect the system resolution. Generally speaking, the resolution of a medical imaging system is the discrimination ability of anatomical structures. Modulation transfer function (MTF) is widely used for the quantification of the resolution performance for an imaging system. MTF is defined as the frequency response of the imaging system to the input of a point spread function and can be obtained by doing Fourier transform of a line spread function, which is extracted from a test image. In clinic, radiologic technologists, who are in charge of system maintenance and quality control, have to evaluate or make routine check on their imaging system. However, it is not an easy task for the radiologic technologists to measure MTF accurately due to lack of their engineering and mathematical backgrounds. The objective of this study is to develop and provide for radiologic technologists a medical system imaging evaluation tool, so that they can measure and quantify system performance easily.
Keywords
Modulation Transfer Function; Digital Radiography; ImageJ; Excel; Resolution;
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