Correlation of image quality with exposure index and processing protocol in a computed radiography system

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-171

  Tsalafoutas, I A ^a   Blastaris, G A ^b   Moutsatsos, A S ^c   Chios, P S ^b   Efstathopoulos, E P ^c  

^a Agios Savvas Cancer Hospital   (Greece)

^b Radiology Department   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; NOISE; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROCESSING;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; KNEE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 52749084665     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm493     Document Type: Article

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