A technique of scatter and glare correction for videodensitometric studies in digital subtraction videoangiography

Radiology. 1982 Jan;142(1):209-13. doi: 10.1148/radiology.142.1.7031761.

Abstract

The logarithmic amplification of video signals and the availability of data in digital form make digital subtraction videoangiography a suitable tool for videodensitometric estimation of physiological quantities. A system for this purpose was implemented with a digital video image processor. However, it was found that the radiation scattering and veiling glare present in the image-intensified video must be removed to make meaningful quantitations. An algorithm to make such a correction was developed and is presented. With this correction, the videodensitometry system was calibrated with phantoms and used to measure the left ventricular ejection fraction of a canine heart.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Absorptiometry, Photon / instrumentation
  • Absorptiometry, Photon / methods*
  • Angiocardiography / methods*
  • Animals
  • Computers
  • Dogs
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Stroke Volume
  • Subtraction Technique
  • X-Ray Intensifying Screens