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Title: Radiobiologic risk estimation from dental radiology. Part I. Absorbed doses to critical organs

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to generate one consistent set of data for evaluating and comparing radiobiologic risks from different dental radiographic techniques. To accomplish this goal, absorbed doses were measured in fourteen anatomic sites from (1) five different panoramic machines with the use of rare-earth screens, (2) a twenty-film complete-mouth survey with E-speed film, long round cone, (3) a twenty-film complete-mouth survey with E-speed film, long rectangular cone, (4) a four-film interproximal survey with E-speed film, long round cone, and (5) a four-film interproximal survey with E-speed film, long rectangular cone. The dose to the thyroid gland, the active bone marrow, the brain, and the salivary glands was evaluated by means of exposure of a tissue-equivalent phantom, fitted with lithium fluoride thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) at the relevant locations.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
7039735
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Oral Surg., Oral Med., Oral Pathol.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 66:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; 61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; BONE MARROW; RADIATION DOSES; BRAIN; DENTISTRY; RADIOBIOLOGY; SALIVARY GLANDS; THYROID; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; FILM DOSIMETRY; PHANTOMS; X RADIATION; ANIMAL TISSUES; BIOLOGY; BODY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DOSES; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; GLANDS; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEDICINE; MOCKUP; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ORGANS; RADIATIONS; RADIOLOGY; STRUCTURAL MODELS; TISSUES; 550600* - Medicine; 655003 - Medical Physics- Dosimetry

Citation Formats

Underhill, T E, Chilvarquer, I, Kimura, K, Langlais, R P, McDavid, W D, Preece, J W, and Barnwell, G. Radiobiologic risk estimation from dental radiology. Part I. Absorbed doses to critical organs. United States: N. p., 1988. Web. doi:10.1016/0030-4220(88)90077-1.
Underhill, T E, Chilvarquer, I, Kimura, K, Langlais, R P, McDavid, W D, Preece, J W, & Barnwell, G. Radiobiologic risk estimation from dental radiology. Part I. Absorbed doses to critical organs. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4220(88)90077-1
Underhill, T E, Chilvarquer, I, Kimura, K, Langlais, R P, McDavid, W D, Preece, J W, and Barnwell, G. 1988. "Radiobiologic risk estimation from dental radiology. Part I. Absorbed doses to critical organs". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4220(88)90077-1.
@article{osti_7039735,
title = {Radiobiologic risk estimation from dental radiology. Part I. Absorbed doses to critical organs},
author = {Underhill, T E and Chilvarquer, I and Kimura, K and Langlais, R P and McDavid, W D and Preece, J W and Barnwell, G},
abstractNote = {The aim of the present study was to generate one consistent set of data for evaluating and comparing radiobiologic risks from different dental radiographic techniques. To accomplish this goal, absorbed doses were measured in fourteen anatomic sites from (1) five different panoramic machines with the use of rare-earth screens, (2) a twenty-film complete-mouth survey with E-speed film, long round cone, (3) a twenty-film complete-mouth survey with E-speed film, long rectangular cone, (4) a four-film interproximal survey with E-speed film, long round cone, and (5) a four-film interproximal survey with E-speed film, long rectangular cone. The dose to the thyroid gland, the active bone marrow, the brain, and the salivary glands was evaluated by means of exposure of a tissue-equivalent phantom, fitted with lithium fluoride thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) at the relevant locations.},
doi = {10.1016/0030-4220(88)90077-1},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7039735}, journal = {Oral Surg., Oral Med., Oral Pathol.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 66:1,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988},
month = {Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988}
}