Towards optimization in digital chest radiography using Monte Carlo modelling

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2729-2743

  Ullman, Gustaf ^a   Sandborg, Michael ^a   Dance, David R ^b   Hunt, Roger A ^b   Alm Carlsson, Gudrun ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COPPER; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CHEST RADIOGRAPHY; COPPER FILTRATION; MONTE CARLO MODELLINGS; X RAY IMAGING;

RADIOGRAPHY;

COPPER;

AIR; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FILTRATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOFT TISSUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33744796533     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/11/003     Document Type: Article

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