Characterization of a new generation of Computed Radiography system based on line scanning and phosphor needles

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6146, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Dragusin, Octavian ^a   Rogge, Frank ^a   Pauwels, Herman ^a   Marchal, Guy ^a   Bosnians, Hilde ^a  

^a Department of Radiology ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clinical validation; Contrast detail; CR; MTF; Noise; Phosphor needles; SNR

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOSPHORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

CLINICAL VALIDATION; CONTRAST DETAILS; CR SYSTEM; MTF; PHOSPHOR NEEDLES;

RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745165592     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.655494     Document Type: Conference Paper

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