Basic imaging properties of a new screen-film system for chest radiography

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1351-1357

  Higashida, Yoshiharu ^a   Murakami, Yasunori ^a,b   Yoshida, Akira ^a,c   Kastuda, Noboru ^a,d   Moribe, Nobuyuki ^a,d   Bussaka, Hiromasa ^a   Hamada, Tomohiro ^a,b   Yoshida, Yukito ^a,b   Hidetoshi, Miyake ^a,b   Takahashi, Mutsumasa ^a,d  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Oita Medical University   (Japan)

^c Hiroshima Pref Coll Hlth Welf   (Japan)

^d KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

chest radiography; noise Wiener spectrum; radiological visibility; resolution property; screen film system

Indexed keywords

VISIBILITY; X RAY SCREENS;

CHEST RADIOGRAPHS; CHEST RADIOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS; IMAGING PROPERTIES; SCREEN-FILM SYSTEM; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WIENER SPECTRUMS; X-RAY ATTENUATION;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

EID: 9444293515     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597709     Document Type: Article

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