The application of image quality measurements for digital angiography

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 38-43

  Peterzol, Angela ^a,b   Padovani, R ^b   Vano, E ^b   Prieto, C ^c   Aviles, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ENERGY TRANSFER; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33645227074     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci709     Document Type: Article

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