Digital Radiography Image Quality: Image Acquisition

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 371-388

  Williams, Mark B ^a   Krupinski, Elizabeth A ^b   Strauss, Keith J ^c   Breeden III, William K ^d   Rzeszotarski, Mark S ^e   Applegate, Kimberly ^f   Wyatt, Margaret ^g   Bjork, Sandra ^g   Seibert, J Anthony ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d ST VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital radiography; image acquisition; image quality

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 34249300468     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2007.02.002     Document Type: Review

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