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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-8-17
pubmed:abstractText
A method for optimizing the aperture size in emission imaging is presented that takes into account limitations due to the Poisson nature of the detected radiation stream as well as the conspicuity limitation imposed by a spatially varying background. System assessment is based on the calculated performance of two model observers: the best linear observer, also called the Hotelling observer, and the nonprewhitening matched-filter observer. The tasks are the detection of a Gaussian signal and the discrimination of a single from a double Gaussian signal. When the background is specified, detection is optimized by enlarging the aperture; an inhomogeneous background results in an optimum aperture size matched naturally to the signal. The discrimination task has a finite optimum aperture for a flat background; a nonuniform background drives the optimum toward still-finer resolution.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0740-3232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1279-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Aperture optimization for emission imaging: effect of a spatially varying background.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.