Evaluating radiographic parameters for mobile chest computed radiography: Phantoms, image quality and effective dose

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2727-2735

  Rill, Lynn N ^a   Brateman, Libby ^a   Arreola, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT EMISSION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS; PHOSPHORS; RARE EARTHS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

ANTI-SCATTER GRIDS; CHEST RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY; EXPOSURE CONDITIONS; INTENSIFYING SCREEN; SCREEN-FILM SYSTEM; TISSUE ATTENUATION; X-RAY ATTENUATION;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ACRYLIC ACID; ALUMINUM;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HEART; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0142120869     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1611291     Document Type: Article

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