title: Xeroradiography of dental structures. IV. Image properties of a dedicated intraoral system.
abstract: Dental xeroradiography, a new imaging system designed specifically for intraoral use, provides a convenient, rapid, low-dose alternative to conventional film radiography. In this study the new imaging system was compared to conventional direct-exposure dental film technique for basic imaging characteristics of contrast, resolution, and noise. Dental xeroradiography proved to be a superior imaging system for demonstrating dental structures and did so at radiation doses one-third of those required for conventional dental (film) radiography.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D014070:Tooth / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014986:Xeroradiography