Numerical observer for atherosclerotic plaque classification in spectral computed tomography
Lorsakul A, Fakhri G, Worstell W, Ouyang J, Rakvongthai Y, Laine A, Li Q. Numerical observer for atherosclerotic plaque classification in spectral computed tomography. Journal Of Medical Imaging 2016, 3: 035501-035501. PMID: 27429999, PMCID: PMC4940624, DOI: 10.1117/1.jmi.3.3.035501.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSignal-to-noise ratioChannelized Hotelling observerMatched filterSignal-to-noise ratio improvementDual-energy CTMultienergy CTSpectral computed tomographyBinary classification taskHotelling observerNumerical observationsArea under the receiver operating characteristic curveObjective image assessmentAcquisition methodImage atherosclerotic plaquesMaterial characterizationComputed tomographyClassification taskPerformance metricsAnthropomorphic digital phantomIdentification applicationsSpectral CT dataConventional CT systemsCalcified plaqueSignal variationsAnalytical computation