Acceptable levels of digital image compression in chest radiology

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 32-35

  Smith, I ^a   Roszkowski, A ^a   Slaughter, R ^a   Sterling, D ^b  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chest radiography; Computed radiography; Image compression; Picture archiving and communication system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034067955     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2000.00768.x     Document Type: Article

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