title: Implementation of acceptability criteria for dental radiology in Belgium.
abstract: The implementation of routine quality control (QC) tests in dental radiology in Belgium has been neglected for many years. In 2008, the (Belgian) Federal Agency for Nuclear Control determined acceptability criteria for X-ray equipment used for dentomaxillofacial imaging. An overview of the development of the criteria, together with implementation and the first results of dental QC in Belgium, is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department Health and Environment, Federal Agency for Nuclear Control, Ravensteinstreet 36, Brussels 1000, Belgium. tom.clarijs@sckcen.be
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Clarijs
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011786:Quality Control; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D011861:Radiography, Dental / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D011871:Radiology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014965:X-Rays