Digital radiography: The balance between image quality and required radiation dose

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-208

  Uffmann, Martin ^a   Schaefer Prokop, Cornelia ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computed radiography; Digital radiography; Dose indicator; Image quality; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; DIGITAL IMAGE ACQUISITION; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SYSTEM; DIGITAL TECHNIQUES; DOSE REDUCTION; IMAGING PARAMETERS; PATIENT DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCREEN FILMS; TUBE CURRENTS; VISUAL CONTROL;

IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE REGISTRATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

IMAGE QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IMAGE QUALITY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROCESSING;

BODY BURDEN; EUROPE; HUMANS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 71849119395     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.05.060     Document Type: Article

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