Chest radiography with a large-area detector based on cesium-iodide/amorphous-silicon technology: Image quality and dose requirement in comparison with an asymmetric screen-film system

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 157-161

  Strotzer, Michael ^a   Völk, Markus ^a   Reiser, Maximilian ^b   Lenhart, Markus ^a   Manke, Christoph ^a   Gmeinwieser, Josef ^c   Holzknecht, Nicolaus ^b   Link, Johann ^a   Feuerbach, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Klinikum Fuerth   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Dose reduction; Radiography, comparative studies; Radiography, digital; Thorax radiography

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; IODINE DERIVATIVE; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; IMAGE QUALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

ADULT; CESIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SILICON;

EID: 0342647521     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200007000-00001     Document Type: Article

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