Image quality and dose management in digital radiography: A new paradigm for optimisation

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 143-147

  Busch, H P ^a   Faulkner, Keith ^b  

^a KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Germany)

^b Quality Assurance Reference Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 33645224919     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci728     Document Type: Article

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