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Deriving the modulation transfer function of CT from extremely noisy edge profiles

Mori et al., 2009

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15765125959037141848
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Mori I
Machida Y
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Radiological physics and technology

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The point spread function (PSF) method is currently the one predominantly used to determine the modulation transfer function (MTF) of an X-ray CT system. However, the image examined with the PSF method must have a very high contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR); it …
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