Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-14
2010-06-01
Azarian, Seyed (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Biomedical applications
C382S199000, C378S028000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07729524
ABSTRACT:
A method for image quality assessment of a digital radiography system extracts and isolates one or more individual targets from a phantom image, then obtains operator responses by displaying each isolated individual target and recording a corresponding operator response related to image appearance for each isolated individual target. The accumulated operator responses are stored to obtain the image quality assessment.
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Fletcher-Heath Lynn M.
Heath Michael D.
Rogers Michael K.
Wang Xiao-hui
Azarian Seyed
Carestream Health Inc.
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