Evaluation of a new type of direct digital radiography machine

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 11 I, 1999, Pages 1182-1188

  Beningfield, S J ^a   Potgieter, J H ^a   Bautz, P ^a   Shackleton, M ^a   Hering, E ^a   De Jager, G ^a   Bowie, G ^a   Marshall, M ^a   Cox, G ^a   Pagliari, G ^a   Coetzee, N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOREIGN BODY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INJURY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0033379013     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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