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13 - Image Quality and Its Clinical Relevance

from Part II - Science of Image Perception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2018

By
Justin Solomon ,
Robert Saunders  and
Ehsan Samei
Edited by
Ehsan Samei  and
Elizabeth A. Krupinski
Ehsan Samei
Affiliation:
Duke University Medical Center, Durham
Elizabeth A. Krupinski
Affiliation:
Emory University, Atlanta
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The Handbook of Medical Image Perception and Techniques , pp. 197 - 212
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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