Experience of Norwegian general dental practitioners with solid state and storage phosphor detectors

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 203-208

  Wenzel, A ^a   Moystad A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dental offices; Digital radiography, dental; Radiography, dental

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPACT DISK; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; TIME; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

COMPACT DISKS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MAINTENANCE; MALE; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TIME FACTORS; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 1542573337     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600613     Document Type: Article

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