title: Image resolution in the midsagittal plane of the Orthopantomograph-10 using Lanex regular and T-Mat G screen-film combination.
abstract: Image resolution was measured in the midsagittal plane of the Orthopantomograph-10 with the use of Lanex regular and T-Mat G screen-film combination. A thin platinum edge phantom was used to obtain images for calculation of the edge response functions. Subsequently, line spread functions and modulation transfer functions of the system were calculated. Noise equivalent passband values, which were expressed in line pairs per millimeter, were derived to describe the image resolution. The noise equivalent passband values derived in this study were generally smaller than those reported in a previous study. The width of the image layer was found to be uniform at different vertical levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hollender
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014962:X-Ray Film; D014963:X-Ray Intensifying Screens