A phantom for dose-image quality optimization in chest radiography

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 75, Issue 898, 2002, Pages 837-842

  Vassileva, J ^a  

^a SHUMEN UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM; GEOMETRY; HEART; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

EID: 0036773881     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.75.898.750837     Document Type: Article

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