DR and CR: Recent advances in technology

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-201

  Schaefer Prokop, C M ^a,b   De Boo, D W ^b   Uffmann, M ^c   Prokop, M ^d  

^a MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Detector systems; Digital radiography; Dose efficiency; Physical performance

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTIVE SYSTEMS; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; CR SYSTEM; DETECTOR SYSTEMS; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DOSE EFFICIENCY; DOSE REDUCTION; ECONOMICAL ASPECTS; HIGH DOSE; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE; MOBILE SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RADIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE; SIGNAL TO NOISE; WORK-FLOWS;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE REGISTRATION; INTEGRATED CONTROL; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY;

IMAGE QUALITY;

ANALOG COMPUTER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TECHNOLOGY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 71849091723     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.05.055     Document Type: Article

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