Theoretical model for contrast-detail-detectability prediction in digital radiography

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This paper reports the results of our investigation into developing a theoretical model to predict the contrast-detail detectability in digital radiography. The equations presented in this paper are a continuation of our previous study on quasi-ideal observer signal-to-noise ratio and lesion detectability. In this project, numerical calculations were performed to determine contrast-detail curves of CCD and other x-ray imaging systems under clinical mammographic conditions. A contrast-detail phantom was imaged to validate the calculations predicted by our theoretical model. The experimental measurements were well predicted by the model's calculations. The theoretical model and the experimental techniques investigated in this research will help mammographers, scientists and engineers to optimize design trade-offs for emerging digital mammographic systems. It will also leverage efforts toward the development of practical techniques that can be performed at non-academic clinical sites, to quantitatively access the performance of new or existing digital radiography systems.

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