Demonstration of correlations between clinical and physical image quality measures in chest and lumbar spine screen-film radiography

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 74, Issue 882, 2001, Pages 520-528

  Sandborg, M ^a   Tingberg, A ^a   Dance, D R ^a   Lanhede, B ^a   Almen A ^a   McVey, G ^a   Sund, P ^a   Kheddache, S ^a   Besjakov, J ^a   Mattsson, S ^a   Mansson L G ^a   Alm Carlsson, G ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYNAMICS; FILM; FILM DOSIMETER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; LUMBAR SPINE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRABECULAR BONE;

EID: 0034920525     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.74.882.740520     Document Type: Article

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