Detection of urinary stones at reduced radiation exposure: A phantom study comparing computed radiography and a low-dose digital radiography linear slit scanning system

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Szucs Farkas, Zsolt ^a   Chakraborty, Dev P ^b   Thoeny, Harriet C ^a   Loupatatzis, Christos ^a   Vock, Peter ^a   Bonel, Harald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed radiography; Linear slit scanning; Radiation protection; Radiography; Urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; UROLITHIASIS; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY;

BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 67049098717     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1502     Document Type: Article

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