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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: Radiology. 2007 Jun;243(3):785–795. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2433060485

Table 3.

Relative Differences in DQE Estimates between the Three DQE Measurement Methods

Spatial Frequency Range Samei and Flynn (historical) vs IEC Method Samei et al (current) vs IEC Method Dobbins et al vs IEC Method Samei and Flynn (historical) vs Dobbins et al Method
0.5–2.5 mm−1 −4.3 ± 0.9 − 2.9 ± 0.8 5.7 ± 0.8 −5.2 ± 1.0
0.25–1.25 mm−1 6.5 ± 1.0 7.5 ± 0.8 3.3 ± 1.1 1.5 ± 1.3
1.5–2.5 mm−1 −12.4 ± 1.3 −10.8 ± 1.1 7.1 ± 1.1 −10.0 ± 1.4

Note.—Data are mean relative differences, cited as percentages, ±standard deviations.