Workbook of Medical Devices, Engineering and Technology. Michael Thoms

of γ-absorption within a body in PET

      10.2.8 Solution

      10.2.9 Exercise: Probability of coincident photoabsorption of two γ quanta in PET

      10.2.10 Solution

      10.2.11 Exercise: Energy resolutions of scintillation detectors

      10.2.12 Solution

      10.2.13 Exercise: Compton scattering angles of counted γ quanta for a given energy window in PET

      10.2.14 Solution

      11. RECEIVER OPERATOR CHARACTERISTIC (ROC)

      11.1 Binary classification

      11.1.1 Exercise: Tables of confusion for different threshold values

      11.1.2 Solution

      11.1.3 Exercise: Sensitivity and specificity for different threshold values

      11.1.4 Solution

      11.2 ROC curves

      11.2.1 Exercise: ROC curve for different threshold values

      11.2.2 Solution

      12. MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION (MTF)

      12.1.1 Exercise: Evaluation of the MTF using a sinusoidal test pattern

      12.1.2 Solution

      12.1.3 Exercise: Relation between two MTFs corresponding to PSFs of different width

      12.1.4 Solution

      12.1.5 Exercise: Standard deviation of the PSF of a CR scanner comprising two processes of spatial broadening of information

      12.1.6 Solution

      12.1.7 Exercise: Spatial frequency at a specific value of the MTF of an X-ray detector having a PSF with Gaussian profile

      12.1.8 Solution

      12.1.9 Exercise: Calculation of the MTF at a specific spatial frequency for a PSF with Gaussian profile

      12.1.10 Solution

      12.1.11 Exercise: MTF of a second process that broadens the PSF

      12.1.12 Solution

      12.1.13 Exercise: Fourier expansion of a rectangular grid pattern

      12.1.14 Solution

      13. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

      14. LIST OF IMPORTANT SYMBOLS

      15. SUBJECT INDEX