title: A comparison of image characteristics and convenience in panoramic radiography using charge-coupled device, storage phosphor, and film receptors.
abstract: This study compared the image layer characteristics, dose requirements, and convenience in use of panoramic radiography using each of four different image receptors including traditional indirect exposure x-ray film, a storage phosphor system, and two solid-state sensors. The OP 100 D (Instrumentarium Imaging, Tuusula, Finland) charge-coupled device (CCD) sensor provided an instant image with a wide focal trough, making patient positioning error unlikely, but at the same time required a patient dose higher than that used with film. While the DigiPan (Trex/Trophy, Marne-la-Vallée, France) CCD significantly reduced the patient dose to radiation and also provided an instant image, the focal trough was narrower making patient positioning error more likely. The storage phosphor system provided high resolution and a reasonable focal trough width, but the procedure took longer than traditional film radiography and did not provide a dose saving.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical and Hospital Dentistry, The University of Louisville, KY 40292, USA. agfarm01@gwise.louisville.edu
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Farman
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Farman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014962:X-Ray Film