Principles of image processing in digital chest radiography

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 148-164

  Prokop, Mathias ^a   Neitzel, Ulrich ^b   Schaefer Prokop, Cornelia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c Department of Radiology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG; MEDIASTINUM; PERFORMANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 0041807573     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200307000-00004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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