Digital radiography of the chest: Detector techniques and performance parameters

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 124-137

  Schaefer Prokop, Cornelia ^a   Uffmann, Martin ^b   Eisenhuber, Edith ^b   Prokop, Mathias ^b  

^a UNIV KLIN FÜR RADIODIAGNOSTIK   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Digital radiography; Flat panel direct radiography; Storage phosphor plates; Thorax

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DIRECT RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTILLATION; TECHNOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 0042371591     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200307000-00002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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