An assessment of exposure indices in computed radiography for the posterior-anterior chest and the lateral lumbar spine

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 949, 2007, Pages 26-31

  Warren Forward, Helen M ^a   Arthur, L ^a   Hobson, L ^a   Skinner, R ^a   Watts, A ^a   Clapham, K ^a   Lou, D ^a   Cook, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; PHANTOM; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STAFF TRAINING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BODY BURDEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MULTICENTER STUDY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947547460     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/59538862     Document Type: Article

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