Digital Radiography

1. Digital Radiography: Overview.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Point-Scanned Detector Systems.- 3. Line-Scanned Detector Systems.- 4. Area Detector Systems.- 5. Comparison of X-Ray Imaging Systems.- 6. Summary.- References.- 2. Image Processors for Digital Angiography: Algorithms and Architectures.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Algorithms for Handling and Processing of Digitized Angiograms.- 3. Processor Architectures for Digital Angiography.- 4. Conclusions and Discussion.- References.- 3. Temporal Integration Processing Techniques.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Theory.- 3. Implementation.- 4. Applications.- 5. Discussion.- References.- 4. Noise Analysis in Digital Radiography.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Sources of Noise in Digital Systems.- 3. Conspicuity and Image Subtraction.- 4. Theoretical Analysis.- 5. Experimental Measurements of Noise.- 6. Summary.- References.- 5. Quantitative Aspects of Image Intensifier-Television-Based Digital X-Ray Imaging.- 1. Introduction.- 2. System Description.- 3. Characterization of Physical Degradation Factors.- 4. Effect of Degradation Factors on Videodensitometric Volume Measurements.- 5. Techniques for Reduction of Degradation Factors.- 6. Applications.- 7. Summary.- References.- 6. Recursive Filtering Techniques Applied to Digital Subtraction Angiography.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Temporal Filtering Theory.- 3. Noncardiac Clinical Results Using Recursive Filtering.- 4. Cardiac Applications.- References.- 7. Energy-Selective Radiography: A Review.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Apparatus for Energy-Selective Imaging.- 3. Decomposition of the Attenuation Coefficient.- 4. Conditions for Calculating Complete Energy-Dependent Information.- 5. Applications of Energy-Selective Imaging.- 6. Analysis of Conspicuity and Noise.- 7. Conclusion.- References.