Dose reduction in digital chest radiography and perceived image quality

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 960, 2007, Pages 984-988

  Kroft, L J M ^a   Veldkamp, W J H ^a   Mertens, B J A ^a   Van Delft, J P A ^a   Geleijns, J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NOISE; PATHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; SIMULATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38349043681     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/80232832     Document Type: Article

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