Phantom study of chest radiography with storage phosphor, selenium, and film-screen systems

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 332-336

  Kehler, M ^a   Lyttkens, K ^b   Andersson, B ^b   Hochbergs, P ^b   Lindberg, C G ^b   Medin, J ^a   Nordstrom A J ^a   Sanfridsson, J ^b   Vojciechowski, J ^c  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c District Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chest radiography; Conventional film screen; Phantom; ROC; Selenium

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMINESCENCE; LUNG TUMOR; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY; ROC CURVE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; ROC CURVE; SELENIUM; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 0030138016     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841859609177661     Document Type: Article

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