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Rare earth screens for panoramic radiography. 1984

C E Hurlburt, and L J Coggins

Six panoramic radiographs, each made with a different screen/film combination, were compared for "periapical visibility" by fourteen dentists. Two combinations (a par-speed and a high-speed) used calcium tungstate screens, and three used rare earth screen systems four times faster than par-speed. One other combination consisted of a single rare earth screen plus a single-coated detail film. The radiographs produced by the faster rare earth screen/film combinations were found to be similar in quality to those produced by calcium tungstate screens. Rare earth screens could be used for panoramic radiography while maintaining quality and reducing exposure.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008674 Metals, Rare Earth A group of elements that include SCANDIUM; YTTRIUM; and the LANTHANOID SERIES ELEMENTS. Historically, the rare earth metals got their name from the fact that they were never found in their pure elemental form, but as an oxide. In addition, they were very difficult to purify. They are not truly rare and comprise about 25% of the metals in the earth's crust. Rare Earth Metal,Rare Earth Metals,Earth Metal, Rare,Earth Metals, Rare,Metal, Rare Earth
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
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D014414 Tungsten A metallic element with the atomic symbol W, atomic number 74, and atomic weight 183.85. It is used in many manufacturing applications, including increasing the hardness, toughness, and tensile strength of steel; manufacture of filaments for incandescent light bulbs; and in contact points for automotive and electrical apparatus. Wolfram
D014962 X-Ray Film A film base coated with an emulsion designed for use with x-rays. Film, X-Ray,Radiographic Film,Film, Radiographic,Xray Film,Film, X Ray,Film, Xray,Films, Radiographic,Films, X-Ray,Films, Xray,Radiographic Films,X Ray Film,X-Ray Films,Xray Films
D014963 X-Ray Intensifying Screens Screens which absorb the energy in the x-ray beam that has penetrated the patient and convert this energy into a light pattern which has as nearly as possible the same information as the original x-ray beam. The more light a screen produces for a given input of x-radiation, the less x-ray exposure and thus shorter exposure time are needed to expose the film. In most film-screen systems, the film is sandwiched between two screens in a cassette so that the emulsion on each side is exposed to the light from its contiguous screen. Film-Screen Systems, X-Ray,Radiographic Intensifying Screens,Screen-Film Systems, X-Ray,X-Ray Film-Screen Systems,Screens, Radiographic Intensifying,Xray Intensifying Screens,Film Screen Systems, X Ray,Film-Screen System, X-Ray,Intensifying Screen, Radiographic,Intensifying Screen, X-Ray,Intensifying Screen, Xray,Intensifying Screens, Radiographic,Intensifying Screens, X-Ray,Intensifying Screens, Xray,Radiographic Intensifying Screen,Screen Film Systems, X Ray,Screen, Radiographic Intensifying,Screen, X-Ray Intensifying,Screen, Xray Intensifying,Screen-Film System, X-Ray,Screens, X-Ray Intensifying,Screens, Xray Intensifying,System, X-Ray Film-Screen,System, X-Ray Screen-Film,Systems, X-Ray Film-Screen,Systems, X-Ray Screen-Film,X Ray Film Screen Systems,X Ray Intensifying Screens,X-Ray Film-Screen System,X-Ray Intensifying Screen,X-Ray Screen-Film System,X-Ray Screen-Film Systems,Xray Intensifying Screen
D017610 Calcium Compounds Inorganic compounds that contain calcium as an integral part of the molecule. Compounds, Calcium

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