Modulation Transfer Function on Type 18UL without references
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Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) values are calculated according to Droege RT, Morin RL. "A practical method to measure the MTF of CT scanners" (Med Phys. 1982 Sep-Oct;9(5):758-60). Authors demonstrate how MTF is related to the standard distribution of pixel values inside a region taken from a bar pattern, with the following relations:
MTF(f)=⎧⎩⎨⎪⎪⎪⎪π2√4⋅M(f)M0,π2√4M0⋅M2(f)−M2(3f)9−M2(5f)25−M2(7f)49−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−√,if f≥fc/3if f≥fc/11
where:
M(f)=σ2D−N2−−−−−−−√ M0=|μbar−μbkg|nbar⋅nbkg(nbar+nbkg)−−−−−−−−−−−√ N=(σ2bar+σ2bkg)2
and:
σD : standard deviation of pixel values inside the bar pattern (detail) regionμbar : mean pixel value of the bars reference regionμbkg : mean pixel value of the background reference regionnbar : number of pixels of the bars reference regionnbkg : number of pixels of the background reference regionσbar : standard deviation of pixel values inside the bars reference regionσbkg : standard deviation of pixel values inside the background reference region
For frequencies outside the range given by the formulas, a linear interpolation is performed.