Scattered radiation in chest radiography

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Title Scattered radiation in chest radiography
Publication Type thesis
School or College College of Engineering
Department Biomedical Engineering
Author Niklason, Loren Thomas
Date 1980-03
Description It is well known that scattered radiation degrades image constrast. Scattered radiation has not been considered a serious problem in chest radiography because the lungs have an effective tissue thickness of only about 10 cm. The chest, however, contains tissue of varying thicknesses and cross-scatter from one region to another can result in very high scatter-to-primary (S/P) ratios in some areas of the chest. Scatter-to-primary ratios were found to be very high in the central mediastinum, lung periphery and cardiac shadow. Three scatter reduction methods used in chest radiography were compared. A moving-slit device in combination with a grid was found to be the most effective scatter removal technique.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Chest Radiography; Polystyrene
Subject MESH Technology, Radiologic; Radiography, Thoracic
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name MS
Language eng
Relation is Version of Digital reproduction of "Scattered radiation in chest radiography." Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library. Print version of "Scattered radiation in chest radiography." available at J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collection. RC 39.5 1980 N53.
Rights Management © Loren Thomas Niklason.
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Format Medium application/pdf
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Source Original: University of Utah Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library (no longer available).
Master File Extent 1,042,712 bytes
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6df6sxm
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