Priorities in optimisation of medical X-ray imaging - A contribution to the debate

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 298-302

  Månsson, Lars Gunnar ^a   Båth, Magnus ^a   Mattsson, Sören ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE RESPONSE; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHANTOM; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; RISK; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAYS;

EID: 21244479013     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch578     Document Type: Article

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