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Title: Absorbed doses from temporomandibular joint radiography

Abstract

Thermoluminescent dosimeters were used in a tissue-equivalent phantom to measure doses of radiation absorbed by various structures in the head when the temporomandibular joint was examined by four different radiographic techniques--the transcranial, transorbital, and sigmoid notch (Parma) projections and the lateral tomograph. The highest doses of radiation occurred at the point of entry for the x-ray beam, ranging from 112 mrad for the transorbital view to 990 mrad for the sigmoid notch view. Only the transorbital projection a radiation dose to the lens of the eye. Of the four techniques evaluated, the lateral tomograph produced the highest doses to the pituitary gland and the bone marrow, while the sigmoid notch radiograph produced the highest doses to the parotid gland.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
OSTI Identifier:
5211998
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Oral Surg., Oral Med., Oral Pathol.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; TISSUE-EQUIVALENT MATERIALS; RADIATION DOSES; BONE MARROW; EYES; HEAD; PHANTOMS; PITUITARY GLAND; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; X RADIATION; ANIMAL TISSUES; BODY; BODY AREAS; DOSES; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FACE; GLANDS; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MATERIALS; MOCKUP; ORGANS; RADIATIONS; SENSE ORGANS; STRUCTURAL MODELS; TISSUES; 655003* - Medical Physics- Dosimetry

Citation Formats

Brooks, S L, and Lanzetta, M L. Absorbed doses from temporomandibular joint radiography. United States: N. p., 1985. Web. doi:10.1016/0030-4220(85)90197-5.
Brooks, S L, & Lanzetta, M L. Absorbed doses from temporomandibular joint radiography. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4220(85)90197-5
Brooks, S L, and Lanzetta, M L. 1985. "Absorbed doses from temporomandibular joint radiography". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4220(85)90197-5.
@article{osti_5211998,
title = {Absorbed doses from temporomandibular joint radiography},
author = {Brooks, S L and Lanzetta, M L},
abstractNote = {Thermoluminescent dosimeters were used in a tissue-equivalent phantom to measure doses of radiation absorbed by various structures in the head when the temporomandibular joint was examined by four different radiographic techniques--the transcranial, transorbital, and sigmoid notch (Parma) projections and the lateral tomograph. The highest doses of radiation occurred at the point of entry for the x-ray beam, ranging from 112 mrad for the transorbital view to 990 mrad for the sigmoid notch view. Only the transorbital projection a radiation dose to the lens of the eye. Of the four techniques evaluated, the lateral tomograph produced the highest doses to the pituitary gland and the bone marrow, while the sigmoid notch radiograph produced the highest doses to the parotid gland.},
doi = {10.1016/0030-4220(85)90197-5},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5211998}, journal = {Oral Surg., Oral Med., Oral Pathol.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985},
month = {Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985}
}