Balancing image quality and dose in diagnostic radiology

European Radiology, Supplement

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-18

  Jessen, Karl Arne ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Image quality; Optimisation; Quality criteria; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 18044387633     PISSN: 16133749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10406-004-0003-7     Document Type: Article

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