Studies of performance of antiscatter grids in digital radiography: Effect on signal-to-noise ratio

Medical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 655-664

  Lam, Kwok Leung ^a,b   Wu, Yuzheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

antiscatter grid; digital radiography; signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THEORETICAL STUDY;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025179070     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.596496     Document Type: Article

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