Assessment and optimisation of the image quality of chest-radiography systems

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 264-268

  Redlich, Ulf ^a   Hoeschen, C ^b   Doehring, W ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CESIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IODIDES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; ROC CURVE; SOFTWARE; X-RAY FILM; X-RAYS;

EID: 21244479730     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch559     Document Type: Article

References (6)

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