Exposure and dose in panoramic radiology

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1033-1040

  Goldstein, Albert ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrance skin exposure; Finite volume effect; Panoramic radiology; Partial volume effect; Rotational tomography

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; RADIOLOGY;

EQUILIBRIUM EFFECTS; MID-SAGITTAL PLANES; PARTIAL VOLUME EFFECT; PARTIAL VOLUMES; PATIENT ANATOMY; ROTATION CENTERS; SKIN EXPOSURE; THEORETICAL MODELING;

RADIATION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DENTAL RADIOLOGY; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN PENETRATION; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

EID: 0031859873     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598285     Document Type: Article

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