title: Imaging factors and image optimization.
abstract: Optimization of dose and image quality is task-dependent. The three main image quality parameters, sharpness, contrast, and noise, are interdependent in radiographic systems. The need to minimize patient dose imposes further couplings between these factors. This is the reason why there are no universally applicable imaging systems.
authors.affiliation: Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Balter
mesh_terms: D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement