Digital image composition in long-leg radiography with a flat-panel detector: First clinical experiences

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 189-192

  Völk, Markus ^a   Angele, Peter ^a   Hamer, Okka ^a   Feuerbach, Stefan ^a   Strotzer, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Hospital Hohe Warte   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digital, radiography; Dose, reduction; Flat panel detector; Image composition; Image quality

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DEVICE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LEG; MALE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; X RAY;

EID: 0347296040     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-200304000-00001     Document Type: Article

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