Quality control of a laser camera with the SMPTE test patter: Optical density variations with printing format and frame position

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 913, 2004, Pages 52-56

  Tsalafoutas, I A ^a   Tsapaki, V ^a   Koulentianos, E ^a   Triantopoulou, C H ^a  

^a AGIA OLGA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CAMERA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FILM; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LASER; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEVISION;

DATA DISPLAY; LASERS; OPTICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; TELEVISION;

EID: 1242273849     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/62332261     Document Type: Article

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