Operation logic and functionality of automatic dose rate and image quality control of conventional fluoroscopy

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1486-1493

  Lin, Pei Jan Paul ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic dose rate control; Digital spot; Fluoroscopy; NEMA SCAI phantom; Spectral shaping filter

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CIRCUITS; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS;

ACQUISITION MODES; DIGITAL SPOT; DOSE RATE; FLUOROSCOPIC IMAGING; FLUOROSCOPY; INTERVENTIONAL; OPERATION LOGIC; SPECTRAL SHAPING;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; EQUIPMENT; FILTER; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; LOGIC; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN CLINIC; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 65449149449     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3100547     Document Type: Article

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