title: Investigation of the imaging properties of an x-ray film scanner.
abstract: In this note, the imaging properties of a CCD x-ray film scanner were investigated. The relationship between optical density and the logarithm of output pixel value provides information on the linearity of the system. The resolution properties of the scanner can be characterized by the presampling modulation transfer function which was calculated from a set of line spread functions with various alignments relative to the sampling grid. Our results show that the scanner is linear up to 2.0 optical density units, which leads to restrictions in digitizing x-ray films with higher optical density. The measured MTF shows the good spatial resolution of the CCD scanner which is demonstrated on an example.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Göttingen, Gosslerstr. 10f, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Döler
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rassow
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jäger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vosshenrich
mesh_terms: D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005385:Fingers / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014962:X-Ray Film; D014963:X-Ray Intensifying Screens