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Demonstration of correlation between physical and clinical image quality measures in chest and lumbar spine radiography

Sandborg, M. ; Tingberg, Anders LU orcid ; Sund, P. ; McVey, G. ; Dance, D. and Alm Karlsson, G (2000) 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. 4. p.3078-3081
Abstract
Clinical and physical assessments of image quality are compared and the correlation between the two derived. Clinical assessment has been made by a group of expert radiologists who evaluated the fulfillment of the European Image Criteria for chest and lumbar spine radiography; yielding the so-called Image Criteria Score, ICS. Physical measures of image quality were calculated using a Monte Carlo model of the complete imaging system. This model includes a voxelised male anatomy and calculates contrast and signal-to-noise ratio of various anatomical details and a measure of useful dynamic range. Correlations between the ICS and the physical image quality measures were sought. Four lumbar spine and 16 chest imaging systems were evaluated and... (More)
Clinical and physical assessments of image quality are compared and the correlation between the two derived. Clinical assessment has been made by a group of expert radiologists who evaluated the fulfillment of the European Image Criteria for chest and lumbar spine radiography; yielding the so-called Image Criteria Score, ICS. Physical measures of image quality were calculated using a Monte Carlo model of the complete imaging system. This model includes a voxelised male anatomy and calculates contrast and signal-to-noise ratio of various anatomical details and a measure of useful dynamic range. Correlations between the ICS and the physical image quality measures were sought. Four lumbar spine and 16 chest imaging systems were evaluated and simulated with the model. The most useful physical quantities for chest radiography were the dynamic range and contrast of blood vessels in the retro-cardiac area. In lumbar spine, it was the signal-to-noise ratio of trabecular structures. The significant correlation is encouraging and shows that clinical image quality can be predicted provided the imaging conditions are well known and that relevant measures of physical image quality are used to assess the quality of the image (Less)
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Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000.
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4
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3078 - 3081
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IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
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22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000.
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Chicago, IL, United States
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2000-07-23 - 2000-07-28
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0-7803-6465-1
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10.1109/IEMBS.2000.901532
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English
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  author       = {{Sandborg, M. and Tingberg, Anders and Sund, P. and McVey, G. and Dance, D. and Alm Karlsson, G}},
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  pages        = {{3078--3081}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Demonstration of correlation between physical and clinical image quality measures in chest and lumbar spine radiography}},
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  doi          = {{10.1109/IEMBS.2000.901532}},
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