Musculoskeletal computed radiography in children: Scatter reduction and improvement in bony trabecular sharpness using air gap placement of the imaging plate

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-123

  Kottamasu, Sam R ^a   Kuhns, Lawrence R ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTRAST; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE; TRABECULAR BONE;

AIR; ARTIFACTS; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SKIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 0031054736     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002470050081     Document Type: Article

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