Automating Quality Assurance for Digital Radiography

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 486-490

  Reiner, Bruce I ^a  

^a BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

automated workflow; digital radiography; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; KNOWLEDGE BASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE DATABASE; REVIEW;

EID: 67649802894     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2008.12.008     Document Type: Review

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