The problems of reduction of the transmission coefficient and the aluminum equivalent of objects installed between the patient and the X-ray detector are discussed. Possible approaches to reduction of X-ray dose in digital X-ray diagnosis are suggested.
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Translated from Meditsinskaya Tekhnika, Vol. 46, No. 5, Sep.-Oct., 2012, pp. 32-34.
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Vladimirov, L.V., Vladimirov, Y.L. & Kozlov, A.A. Reduction of Radiation Load in Digital X-Ray Diagnosis. Biomed Eng 46, 204–205 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10527-013-9305-1
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