Dose-image quality optimisation in digital chest radiography

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 269-272

  Doyle, Philip ^a   Martin, C J ^a   Gentle, D ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; X-RAY FILM; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 21244456477     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch546     Document Type: Article

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