The effect of different adaptation strengths on image quality and radiation dose using Siemens care dose 4D

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 173-179

  Söderberg, Marcus ^a   Gunnarsson, Mikael ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BODY BURDEN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953327950     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq098     Document Type: Article

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