Ms. Katy Szczepura Profile

Katy Szczepura

Lecturer in Radiography at University of Salford

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Proceedings Article | 28 April 2017 Paper

Hounsfield Unit inaccuracy in computed tomography lesion size and density, diagnostic quality vs attenuation correction

Katy Szczepura, John Thompson, David Manning

Proceedings Volume 10136, 101361B (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2254275

KEYWORDS: Image quality, Chest imaging, Nuclear medicine, Positron emission tomography, Scanners, X-ray computed tomography, Lymphatic system, Calcium, Calibration, Bone, Computed tomography, Diagnostics

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Proceedings Article | 24 April 2017 Presentation + Paper

Effects of increased compression with an ultrasound transducer on the conspicuity of breast lesions in a phantom

Katy Szczepura, Tahreem Faqir, David Manning

Proceedings Volume 10136, 101360T (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2254263

KEYWORDS: Image compression, Image quality, Mammography, Transducers, Ultrasonography, Breast, Visibility, Visualization, Breast imaging

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Proceedings Article | 24 April 2017 Paper

Impact of tube current modulation on lesion conspicuity index in hi-resolution chest computed tomography

Katy Szczepura, David Tomkinson, David Manning

Proceedings Volume 10136, 101361A (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2254256

KEYWORDS: Image quality, Signal to noise ratio, Diagnostics, Radiology, Signal attenuation, Tissues, Chest, Modulation, Computed tomography, Software development, Reflectivity, Lung

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Proceedings Article | 24 March 2016 Paper

Validated novel software to measure the conspicuity index of lesions in DICOM images

K. Szczepura, D. Manning

Proceedings Volume 9787, 978703 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2216211

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Excel, Error analysis, Image quality, Visualization, Software development, Image display, Reliability, Diagnostics, Modulation transfer functions, Medical imaging, Spatial resolution, Visibility

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Proceedings Article | 17 March 2015 Paper

A phantom-based JAFROC observer study of two CT reconstruction methods: the search for optimisation of lesion detection and effective dose

John Thompson, Dev Chakraborty, Katy Szczepura, Ioannis Vamvakas, Andrew Tootell, David Manning, Peter Hogg

Proceedings Volume 9416, 94160B (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2081632

KEYWORDS: Statistical analysis, Computed tomography, Infrared imaging, CT reconstruction, Chest, Image restoration, Medical imaging, Diagnostics, Image filtering, Chemical species

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