Performance assessment of the scanning beam digital x-ray (SBDX) system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3032, Issue , 1997, Pages 161-170

  Van Lysel, Michael S ^a   Solomon, Edward G ^b   Wilfley, Brian P ^b   Dutta, April ^b   Speidel, Michael A ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b Cardiac Mariners Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital fluoroscopy; Exposure reduction; Scanning x ray source; X ray scatter

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SOURCES; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; IMAGE QUALITY; SCANNING; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAYS;

DIGITAL FLUOROSCOPY; EXPOSURE REDUCTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT (PA); SCANNING X-RAY SOURCE; SYSTEM DESIGNS; X-RAY SCATTER;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33744699991     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.273981     Document Type: Conference Paper

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