Optimisation of computed radiography systems for chest imaging

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 600, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 513-518

  Alzimami, K ^a   Sassi, S ^b   Alkhorayef, M ^a   Britten, A J ^c   Spyrou, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CDRAD phantom; Chest radiography; CR; Radiation dose image quality optimisation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COPPER; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; POLYSTYRENES; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

AIR GAPS; CDRAD PHANTOM; CHEST IMAGING; CHEST RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHIES; COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEMS; CR; DETECTABILITY; EFFECTIVE DOSE; EXPOSURE PARAMETERS; LOW CONTRASTS; OPTIMAL SELECTIONS; POLYSTYRENE BLOCKS; RADIATION DOSE-IMAGE QUALITY OPTIMISATION; RADIATION EXPOSURES; SCATTER FRACTIONS; SCATTERING MATERIALS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS; SKIN ENTRANCE DOSE; SNR VALUES; X-RAY DOSE;

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EID: 59649090014     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.12.023     Document Type: Article

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