Imaging characteristics evaluation of a digital radiography system;Valutazione delle prestazioni d'immagine di un sistema di radiografia digitale

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 94-102

  Moro, Luca ^a,c   Pannella, Armando ^a   Bassetti, Chiara ^b   Fantinato, Daniele ^a   Baldi, Maurizia ^a   Bertoli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Istituto Scientifico di Pavia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Digital radiography; DQE

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; RADIATION DOSE; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SILICON; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 0141886312     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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