Optimisation of tube voltage for conventional urography using a GD2O2s:TB flat panel detector

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 86-91

  Zachrisson, Sara ^a,b   Hansson, Jonny ^a,b   Cederblad, Åke ^a   Geterud, Kjell ^a   Båth, Magnus ^a,b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UROGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UROGRAPHY; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 77953341625     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq101     Document Type: Article

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