Tissue radiation dosages using the RVG-S with and without niobium filtration

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 335-342

  Scarfe, William C ^a   Farman, Allan G ^a   Brand, John W ^b   Kelly, Michael S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental radiography; Digital imaging; Dosimetry; Filtration

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; NIOBIUM;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; NECK; PAROTID GLAND; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; THYROID GLAND; TOOTH; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

ALUMINUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; HEAD; HUMANS; MANIKINS; NECK; NIOBIUM; PAROTID GLAND; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; THYROID GLAND; TOOTH; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 0031243988     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1997.tb00140.x     Document Type: Article

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