An image quality comparison of standard and dual-side read CR systems for paediatric radiology

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 411-420

  Monnin, P ^a   Holzer, Z ^b   Wolf, R ^b   Neitzel, U ^c   Vock, P ^b   Gudinchet, F ^d   Verdun, F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; RADIOLOGY; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

CHEST RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; IMAGE QUALITY PARAMETERS; LOW-SPATIAL FREQUENCY; NOISE POWER SPECTRUM; OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS; PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY;

PEDIATRICS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOLOGY; SPECTRUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 31844450156     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2163392     Document Type: Article

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