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A method for testing scattered radiation grids

Nielsen, 1980

Document ID
5004580702360830974
Author
Nielsen B
Publication year
Publication venue
Medical Physics

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A simple method of evaluating contrast improvement factors and other related quantities has been developed. With this method a water or lucite phantom is imaged with a lead disk on a nonscreen film using a scattered radiation grid with unknown characteristics. The image is …
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