Film reject analysis and image quality in diagnostic Radiology Department of a Teaching hospital in Ghana

J. Owusu-Banahene1, E.O. Darko1, F. Hasford2, E.K. Addison3, J. Okyere Asirifi4
1Radiation Protection Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P.O. Box LG 80, Legon, Accra, Ghana
2Radiological and Medical Sciences Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P.O. Box LG 80, Legon, Accra, Ghana
3Department of Physics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, PMB, Kumasi, Ghana
4Biomedical Engineering Department, All Nations University College, PMB, Koforidua, Ghana

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