Automated Statistical Analysis of Signal to Noise Ratio

Abstract

The Signal to Noise Ratio, (SNR), is a metric used to characterize image quality. In this paper we describe a method to calculate and characterize the signal to noise ratio for radiographic inspection using MATLAB. The program is able to report SNR statistics for a given region of interest within a radiograph. Having an automated SNR search will aid radiographers assess image quality over a large number of radiographs. In addition to this, an SNR search tool, permits for a better characterization of image quality.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 30, 2019
Accession Number
AD1083378

Entities

People

  • Walter S. Rose

Organizations

  • Picatinny Arsenal

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Contrast
  • Data Science
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Fabrication
  • Gray Scale
  • Histograms
  • Horizontal Orientation
  • Information Science
  • Inspection
  • Materials
  • Sensitivity
  • Specifications
  • Standards
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.