Efficacy of Increasing Focus to Film Distance (FFD) for Patient’s Dose and Image Quality in Pediatric Chest Radiography

Background: Increasing the x-ray focus to film distance (FFD) has been advocated as an effective method to reduce the patients’ radiation dose. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of this technique in patients' dose and image quality in pediatric chest x-ray.Material and metho...

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Main Authors: Vahid Karami, Mansour Zabihzadeh, Amir Danyaei, Nasim Shams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2016-09-01
Series:International Journal of Pediatrics
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Online Access:http://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_7319_4aecb8987a54a7b41388da8ea7706e04.pdf