Image quality assessment and medical physics evaluation of different portable dental X-ray units

Forensic Science International

Volumn 201, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 112-117

  Pittayapat, Pisha ^a   Oliveira Santos, Christiano ^a,b   Thevissen, Patrick ^a   Michielsen, Koen ^c   Bergans, Niki ^c   Willems, Guy ^a   Debruyckere, Deborah ^a   Jacobs, Reinhilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dental identification; Forensic odontology; Medical physics; Occupational dosimetry; Portable dental X ray units; Radiological image quality

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTISTRY; DOSIMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATIENT SAFETY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PHYSICS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77955278613     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.04.041     Document Type: Article

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