Optimal energy filtering of the x-ray beam in cardiac angiography

Physica Medica

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-18

  Zannoli, R ^a   Testoni, G ^a   Bernardi, T ^a   Gualdrini, G F ^b   Argazzi, E ^a   Bollini, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiography; Filtering; Radiological exposure; X ray beam

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0032945427     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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