Reducing the absorbed dose in analogue radiography of infant chest images by improving the image quality, using image processing techniques

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 176-179

  Karimian, A ^a   Yazdani, S ^b   Askari, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; STANDARD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SOFTWARE; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 81255163179     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncr294     Document Type: Article

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