Status and prospects of digital detector technology for CR and DR

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 32-38

  Neitzel, Ulrich ^a  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; IODIDE; PHOSPHORUS; SELENIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; PERFORMANCE; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHOTONS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; SILICON; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS; X-RAYS;

EID: 21244454496     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch532     Document Type: Article

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