Support line and tube visibility in chest examinations using computed radiography

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 126-131

  Huda, Walter ^a   Beiden, Clifford J ^a   Webb, Laura A ^a   Palmer, Carole K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Chest radiology; Computed radiography; Computers; Image enhancement; Patient doses; Radiology; Support lines and tubes

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; RADIATION;

ADULT MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (MICU); CHEST RADIOLOGY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INDWELLING CATHETER; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBE;

ADULT; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHEST TUBES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC DISEASES;

EID: 0031195555     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03168600     Document Type: Article

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