Effect of beam energy and filtration on the signal-to-noise ratio of the Dexis intraoral X-ray detector

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-24

  Kitagawa, H ^a   Farman, A G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge coupled device; Digital imaging; Filtration; Radiography, dental; X ray beam energy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BERYLLIUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

ALUMINUM; ARTIFACTS; BERYLLIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; X-RAYS;

EID: 4143113301     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/26493631     Document Type: Article

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