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Optimized Image Processing for Routine Digital Radiography

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Computer Assisted Radiology / Computergestützte Radiologie

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The present standard of image processing in digital projection radiography is critically reviewed and an alternative method is proposed which avoids processing artifacts and allows the full information content of the digital data to be displayed in a single hardcopy.

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  1. Philips Medizin Systeme, Hamburg, Germany

    I. Maack & U. Neitzel

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  1. I. Maack
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  1. Institut für Techn. Informatik, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany

    Heinz U. Lemke Ph. D.

  2. Toshiba, America MRI, Inc., San Francisco, USA

    Michael L. Rhodes Ph. D.

  3. Dept. of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., USA

    C. C. Jaffe M. D.

  4. Freie Universität Berlin Universitätsklinikum Rudolf Virchow, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany

    Roland Felix M. D.

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Maack, I., Neitzel, U. (1991). Optimized Image Processing for Routine Digital Radiography. In: Lemke, H.U., Rhodes, M.L., Jaffe, C.C., Felix, R. (eds) Computer Assisted Radiology / Computergestützte Radiologie. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-00807-2_17

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