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AssigneeTIP Imaging, LLC
InventorsDavid P. Rohler, Arjun K. Maniyedath, Thomas L. Toth, Thomas E. Dechant, Steven H. Izen
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Systems and methods for determining an extended low contrast detectability performance function for an operating range for a core operating mode of a radiographic imaging system using actual reconstructed images characterize the contrast performance of a radiographic imaging system over its operating range and for any patient size based on the off-line calibration, uses ordered pairs of flux index and contrast index for each scanned object to provide a contrast index for each protocol for each contrast set, and uses the ordered pairs of flux index and contrast index to determine an extended low contrast detectability performance function for the operating range of a radiographic imaging system. Extended low contrast detectability performance data compilation and methods of clinical use, and low contrast phantom configurations and methods of calibration are also disclosed.
A method of determining an extended low contrast detectability performance function as a relation between a flux index and a contrast index for an operating range for a core operating mode of a radiographic imaging system using actual reconstructed images, the method comprising the steps of:
A radiographic imaging system protocol selection reference for a radiographic imaging system of extended low contrast detectability performance data for the radiographic imaging system, the radiographic imaging system protocol selection reference created by the steps of:
A method of selecting a protocol for a particular imaging application for a particular patient, the method comprising the steps of:
An extended low contrast detectability phantom comprising:
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