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28 - Optimization of 2D and 3D Radiographic Imaging Systems

from Part VI - Applied Perception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2018

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Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen
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Ehsan Samei  and
Elizabeth A. Krupinski
Ehsan Samei
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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. 417 - 439
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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