Radiation dose and image quality of double-loaded cassettes

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 239-240

  Kelsey, Charles A ^a   Mettler, Fred A ^a   Sullivan, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

double loaded cassettes; image quality; portable x ray; radiation dose

Indexed keywords

INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

AIR KERMA; CHEST X-RAYS; CONTRAST RESOLUTION; COST-INCREASES; DENSITY IMAGES; DOUBLE-LOADED CASSETTE; IMAGE CONTRASTS; PORTABLE X-RAY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; X-RAY CASSETTE;

IMAGE QUALITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0030027288     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597708     Document Type: Article

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