Understanding the relative sensitivity of radiographic screens to scattered radiation

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1727-1737

  Yip, Kwok L ^a   Whiting, Bruce R ^b   Kocher, Thomas E ^a   Trauernicht, David P ^a   Van Metter, Richard L ^a  

^a EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

computed radiography; radiogarphic screens; scatter degradation factor; screen film system

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS; RARE EARTHS; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; X RAYS;

COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY; DEGRADATION FACTOR; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RELATIVE SENSITIVITY; SCATTERED RADIATIONS; SCREEN CONFIGURATIONS; SCREEN-FILM SYSTEM; X-RAY DETECTION SYSTEM;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; X RAY;

EID: 0029848375     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597830     Document Type: Article

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