Digital radiography detectors - A technical overview: Part 1

Radiography

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-62

  Lança, Luís ^a   Silva, Augusto ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

CR; Digital technologies; DR; X ray detectors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 57749195582     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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