Management of pediatric radiation dose using GE's Revolution digital radiography systems

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2004, Pages

  Jabri, Kadri N ^a   Uppaluri, Renuka ^a   Xue, Ping ^a  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital radiography; Image quality; Low dose processing; Pediatric dose; Pediatric radiography

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION INJURY;

CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 16644361934     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-004-1272-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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