Changes of Radiation Dose and Image Quality Due to Additional Filtration Material in Computed Radiography |
Kwon, Soon-Mu
(Department of Radiological Science, The Graduate School of Catholic University of Daegu)
Cho, Hyung-Wook (Department of Radiological Science, The Graduate School of Catholic University of Daegu) Kang, Yeong-Han (Department of Radiology, Catholic University Hospital of Daegu School of Medicine) Kim, Boo-Soon (Department of Radiologicic Technology, Daegu Health College) Kim, Jung-Su (Department of Bio-convergence Engineering, Korea University Graduate School) |
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