Clinical evaluation of twin screen-film chest radiography: Cost effective lung and mediastinal imaging

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-66

  McLean, Donald ^a,b   Gray, Joel E ^c   Swensen, Stephen J ^c   Vrieze, Thomas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest; Lung; Radiography

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; EFFICIENCY; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTIMIZATION; VISUALIZATION; X RAY FILMS;

CHEST RADIOGRAPHY;

RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FILTER; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; FILTRATION; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MEDIASTINUM; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RIBS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 0032031168     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(97)00031-4     Document Type: Article

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