Noise in Dependence on Exposure Time

Normalized at constant contrast

CNR and SNR increase with increasing exposure time due to
improved photon statistics
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Compensation Principle (I)

Specific Contrast vs. SNR (Exposure Dose)
• The test object was exposed with different X-ray energies and mAs settings
• Operators did read the visible IQI hole for evaluation, and indicated it in the following
graph with 1 for a visible 1T hole, 2 and 4 for visible 2T and 4T holes.
• The test object was a ferritic step wedge with thickness (t) steps from 0.05 to 0.25
inch (1,27 – 6,4 mm) step height.
• The relative IQI thickness (2% t) and the absolute hole diameters were kept
constant.
• The best image quality was achieved at highest voltage and reduced mAs and,
therefore, testing is most economic at highest tube voltage here.

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Compensation Principle I
Compensation
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