Radiation doses of indirect and direct digital cephalometric radiography

British Dental Journal

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 149-152

  Gijbels, F ^a   Sanderink, G ^b   Wyatt, J ^a   Van Dam, J ^a   Nowak, B ^a   Jacobs, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; DIGITAL COMPUTER; DOSE CALCULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; RADIATION DOSE; SALIVARY GLAND; THYROID GLAND;

CEPHALOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 4444287158     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4811532     Document Type: Article

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