The influence of patient thickness and imaging system on patient dose and physical image quality in digital chest imaging

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 294-297

  Ullman, Gustaf ^a   Sandborg, Michael ^a   Dance, David R ^b   Hunt, Roger ^b   Carlsson, Gudrun Alm ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SOFTWARE; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 21244489645     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch542     Document Type: Article

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