title: Radiation dose in temporomandibular joint zonography.
abstract: Temporomandibular joint morphology and function can be evaluated by panoramic zonography. Thermoluminescent dosimetry was applied to evaluate the radiation dose to predetermined sites on a phantom eye, thyroid, pituitary, and parotid, and the dose distribution on the skin of the head and neck when the TMJ program of the Zonarc panoramic x-ray unit was used. Findings are discussed with reference to similar radiographic techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Universitair Ziekenhuis, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Coucke
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Bourgoignie
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Dermaut
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Bourgoignie
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray / Q000295:instrumentation