An assessment of the usefulness of screen-film speed classification

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1577-1583

  Brennan, P C ^a   Devereux, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Image quality; Sensitometry; X ray departments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISION; X RAY FILM; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036596211     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-001-1205-1     Document Type: Article

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