The importance of radiation quality for optimisation in radiology

Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Martin, Colin J ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital radiography; Dose calculation; Image quality; Radiography; Tube potential

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; COPPER; GADOLINIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; FILTER; FILTRATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TUBE; X RAY;

EID: 57049142768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18235530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2349/biij.3.2.e38     Document Type: Article

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