title: Taguchi's technique: an effective method for improving X-ray medical radiographic screen performance.
abstract: Taguchi's technique is a helpful tool to achieve experimental optimization of a large number of decision variables with a small number of off-line experiments. The technique appears to be an ideal tool for improving the performance of X-ray medical radiographic screens under a noise source. Currently there are very many guides available for improving the efficiency of X-ray medical radiographic screens. These guides can be refined using a second-stage parameter optimization. based on Taguchi's technique, selecting the optimum levels of controllable X-ray radiographic screen factors. A real example of the proposed technique is presented giving certain performance criteria. The present research proposes the reinforcement of X-ray radiography by Taguchi's technique as a novel hardware mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Informatics and Computer Technology, Technological Educational Institute of Lamia, Greece. vlachogiannis@yahoo.com
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Vlachogiannis
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000379:methods*; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011786:Quality Control; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D013269:Stochastic Processes; D014963:X-Ray Intensifying Screens