Methods and materials for the measurement of subjective and objective measurements of image quality

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 37-42

  Marsh, D M ^a   Malone, J F ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EVALUATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTRUM; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0035026683     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006476     Document Type: Article

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