Method of simulating dose reduction for digital radiographic systems

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 253-259

  Båth, Magnus ^a   Håkansson, Markus ^a   Tingberg, Anders ^b   Månsson, Lars Gunnar ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; COMPUTERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOMETRY; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 21244435246     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch540     Document Type: Article

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