Optimising automatic exposure control in computed radiography and the impact on patient dose

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 236-239

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

^a GARTNAVEL ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; OPTICAL DENSITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; X RAY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SCOTLAND; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; X-RAY FILM; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS; X-RAYS;

EID: 21244477531     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch548     Document Type: Article

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