Fact or fiction: An analysis of the 10kVp 'rule' in computed radiography

Radiography

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 223-227

  Allen, Elizabeth ^a   Hogg, Peter ^a   Ma, Wang Kei ^a   Szczepura, Katy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

10kVp rule; Effective dose; Image quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 84880617734     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: 15322831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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