Effective dose reduction in dual-energy flat panel x-ray imaging: Technique and clinical evaluation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4684 II, Issue , 2002, Pages 1048-1059

  Avinash, Gopal B ^a   Jabri, Kadri N ^a   Uppaluri, Renuka ^a   Rader, Amber ^a   Fischbach, Frank ^b   Ricke, Jens ^b   Teichgräber, Ulf ^b  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chest radiography; Dose reduction; Dual energy; Noise reduction filtering; X ray

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NOISE ABATEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

X RAY IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0036030341     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.467060     Document Type: Article

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