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The quality of the X-ray image: fault analysis. 1998

L M Brocklebank

University of Glasgow.

Current guidelines encourage dentists to assess the quality of the radiographs that they take as a normal part of their routine, and peer review is recommended on a regular basis. Technical faults or processing errors may result in unsatisfactory diagnostic images. In order to rectify such faults and to prevent their recurrence it is vital that the practitioner is able to recognize them and determine their cause. This article proposes a user-friendly approach to recognition of technical (procedural) faults, and gives advice on their prevention.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011785	Quality Assurance, Health Care	Activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps.	Quality Assessment, Health Care,Health Care Quality Assessment,Health Care Quality Assurance,Healthcare Quality Assessment,Healthcare Quality Assurance,Quality Assessment, Healthcare,Quality Assurance, Healthcare,Assessment, Healthcare Quality,Assessments, Healthcare Quality,Assurance, Healthcare Quality,Assurances, Healthcare Quality,Healthcare Quality Assessments,Healthcare Quality Assurances,Quality Assessments, Healthcare,Quality Assurances, Healthcare
D011786	Quality Control	A system for verifying and maintaining a desired level of quality in a product or process by careful planning, use of proper equipment, continued inspection, and corrective action as required. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)	Control, Quality,Controls, Quality,Quality Controls
D011856	Radiographic Image Enhancement	Improvement in the quality of an x-ray image by use of an intensifying screen, tube, or filter and by optimum exposure techniques. Digital processing methods are often employed.	Digital Radiography,Image Enhancement, Radiographic,Radiography, Digital,Enhancement, Radiographic Image,Enhancements, Radiographic Image,Image Enhancements, Radiographic,Radiographic Image Enhancements
D011861	Radiography, Dental	Radiographic techniques used in dentistry.	Dental Radiography
D011862	Radiography, Panoramic	Extraoral body-section radiography depicting an entire maxilla, or both maxilla and mandible, on a single film.	Orthopantomography,Panoramic Radiography,Pantomography,Orthopantomographies,Panoramic Radiographies,Pantomographies,Radiographies, Panoramic
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016300	Radiography, Bitewing	Technique involving the passage of X-rays through oral structures to create a film record while a central tab or wing of dental X-ray film is being held between upper and lower teeth.	Bitewing Radiography,Bitewing Radiographies,Radiographies, Bitewing
D016477	Artifacts	Any visible result of a procedure which is caused by the procedure itself and not by the entity being analyzed. Common examples include histological structures introduced by tissue processing, radiographic images of structures that are not naturally present in living tissue, and products of chemical reactions that occur during analysis.	Artefacts,Artefact,Artifact