Forensic oral imaging quality of hand-held dental X-ray devices: Comparison of two image receptors and two devices

Forensic Science International

Volumn 194, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 20-27

  Pittayapat, P ^a,b   Thevissen, P ^a   Fieuws, S ^c   Jacobs, R ^a   Willems, G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF IMAGING AND PATHOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dental identification; Forensic odontology; Hand held dental X ray units; Radiological image quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTISTRY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE QUALITY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY PICTURE;

EID: 72149100165     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.09.024     Document Type: Article

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