Modulation transfer function measurement method on basis of characteristics of detector of X-ray imaging system

Abstract

The invention belongs to the field of biomedical engineering and a computer and relates to a modulation transfer function measurement method on the basis of the characteristics of a detector of an X-ray imaging system. The modulation transfer function measurement method comprises the following steps of: placing a knife edge testing instrument to enable the knife edge testing instrument to be clung to the detector, enabling an inclination angle to be formed between a knife edge and the sampling direction of the detector and continuously acquiring a plurality of images; carrying out superposition averaging on a plurality of knife edge images, reducing system noise and then carrying out knife edge boundary detection on an averaged knife edge image to obtain a knife edge boundary line; carrying out Hough transform on a knife edge boundary line graph to obtain a knife edge inclination angle alpha and establishing an oversampling ESF (Extended Superframe Format) curve; using a C spline as a regression spline f for carrying out segmentation fitting on the oversampling ESF curve; carrying out differential operation to obtain a line spread function; carrying out Fourier transform on the line spread function and then carrying out modulus acquisition to obtain a modulation transfer function; and carrying out normalization processing. The modulation transfer function measurement method solves the problem of fitting error generated when the oversampling ESF curve is acquired by a knife edge method; and compared with a conventional knife edge measurement method, the modulation transfer function measurement method can obtain a more accurate MTF (Modulation Transfer Function) curve.

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Technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the fields of biomedical engineering and computers, and relates to a new method for accurately measuring the modulation transfer function of a digital X-ray imaging system. Background technique [0002] The modulation transfer function (Modulation Transfer Function, MTF) is the transfer function of the modulation degree, which is a quantitative description of the spatial frequency transmission characteristics of the linear image system, and is an important progress in the image evaluation method. Previously, qualitative description indicators, such as image density, contrast, sharpness, resolution, and distortion, were commonly used to evaluate the image quality of imaging systems, but the results were greatly affected by personal subjective factors. In recent years, with the rapid development of digital X-ray imaging technology, MTF as an objective index has become an important image evaluation method that radiographers and re...

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But so far, because the above methods do not make full use of the prior knowledge of the nature of the detector itself, there are still major deficiencies in the accuracy and robustness of MTF evaluation

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