Organ doses and subjective image quality of indirect digital panoramic radiography

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 308-313

  Gijbels, F ^a   Sanderink, G ^b   Bou Serhal, C ^a   Pauwels, H ^c   Jacobs, R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d Oral Pathol MS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Radiation dosage; Radiography, dental, digital; Radiography, panoramic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EYE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PAROTID GLAND; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; THYROID GLAND; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

EYE; HUMANS; PAROTID GLAND; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0035513867     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600640     Document Type: Article

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