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The knowledge of the relationship that links image quality and radiation dose is a prerequisite to any optimisation of medical diagnostic radiology, because – according to the ALARA concept – the dose received by the patient during a radiological examination should be kept ‘as low as reasonably achievable’ (see preface). The image quality and dose required for a successful and reliable diagnosis depends on physical parameters such as contrast, resolution and noise, the constitution of the patient, the viewing conditions (Brandt et al. Chap. 9 (see Fig. 9.2)
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Aichinger, H., Dierker, J., Joite-Barfuß, S., Säbel, M. (2012). Optimisation of Image Quality and Dose. In: Radiation Exposure and Image Quality in X-Ray Diagnostic Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11241-6_12
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