Relative speeds of Kodak computed radiography phosphors and screen-film systems

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1621-1628

  Huda, Walter ^a   Rill, Lynn N ^b   Bruner, Angela P ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed rediography; Film density; kVp and mAs; Radiation dose; Screen film; Speed

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; LIGHT EMISSION; PHOSPHORS; SPEED; X RAYS;

COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED REDIOGRAPHY; DETECTION PERFORMANCE; FILM DENSITY; KVP AND MAS; SCATTERED RADIATIONS; SCREEN FILMS; X-RAY BEAM QUALITIES;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FILM; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0030867448     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597969     Document Type: Article

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