Survey of posteroanterior chest radiography in The Netherlands: Patient dose and image quality

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 76, Issue 906, 2003, Pages 398-405

  Van Soldt, R T M ^a   Zweers, D ^b   Van Den Berg, L ^a,c   Geleijns, J ^b   Jansen, Th M ^a   Zoetelief, J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; FILTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG; NETHERLANDS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

FILTRATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LUNG; NETHERLANDS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 0038481259     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/76222078     Document Type: Article

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