The x-ray fovea, a device for reducing x-ray dose in fluoroscopy

Medical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 471-481

  Labbe, Michael S ^a   Chiu, Ming Yee ^b   Bani Hashemi, Ali R ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT SCREENS; GLARE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; X RAY TUBES;

ACCURATE COMPENSATION; CONTRAST IMPROVEMENT RATIOS; DOSE; FLUOROSCOPY; REAL-TIME IMAGE PROCESSING; TEMPORAL FILTERING; X-RAY EXPOSURE; X-RAY FLUOROSCOPY;

X RAYS;

ALUMINUM; COPPER;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTRAST; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; NOISE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 0028204212     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597309     Document Type: Article

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