Image quality of supine chest radiographs: Intra-individual comparison of computed radiography and low-dose linear-slit digital radiography

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2156-2162

  Szucs Farkas, Zsolt ^a   Vock, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chest X ray; Computed radiography; Digital radiography; Image quality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR SLIT DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG STRUCTURE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RETROCARDIAC LUNG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPINE POSITION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPINE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68449086261     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1412-8     Document Type: Article

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