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A method for testing scattered radiation grids.

B Nielsen
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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 then compared with that obtained with the same arrangement but with a calibrated scattered radiation grid. The method described does not need sophisticated instruments and can be used in any department of diagnostic radiology

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B Nielsen. A method for testing scattered radiation grids.. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.594666

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