Exposure variations under error conditions in automatic exposure controlled film-screen projection radiography

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 923, 2004, Pages 931-933

  Walsh, C ^a   Larkin, A ^a   Dennan, S ^a   O'Reilly, G ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; EUROPEAN UNION; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT; PHANTOM; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOGRAPHY; SIMULATION; X RAY FILM; X RAY TUBE;

HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 10044299377     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/62185486     Document Type: Article

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