Effects of dose reduction on digital chest imaging using a selenium detector: A study of detecting simulated diffuse interstitial pulmonary disease

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 403-411

  Van Heesewijk, Hans P M ^a   Van der Graaf, Yolanda ^b   De Valois, Johannis C ^a   Feldberg, Michiel A M ^b  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0029814346     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.167.2.8686616     Document Type: Article

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