Quantification of the magnification and distortion effects of a pediatric flexible video-bronchoscope

Respiratory Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Masters, I Brent ^a,b   Eastburn, Matt M ^a   Francis, Paul W ^a,b   Wootton, R ^a   Zimmerman, Paul V ^c   Ware, R S ^a   Chang, Anne B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distortion; Flexible bronchoscopy; Magnification; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIDEORECORDING; ARTIFACT; BRONCHOSCOPE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; PEDIATRICS; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIDEO MICROSCOPY;

ARTIFACTS; BRONCHOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; PEDIATRICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 23744458224     PISSN: 1465993X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-6-16     Document Type: Article

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