Tag: Digital Imaging

Digital imaging, also know as radiography is a specialised field, that requires the obtaining and interpreting of medical images. These images are obtained by using x-rays (radiographs, CT, fluoroscopy), or radioactive substances (nuclear medicine), others by means of sound waves (ultrasound) or the body’s natural magnetism (MRI).

Digital Imaging

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Digital Technique and It’s Relation to Patient Dose

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Digital imaging technique has been a topic that is widely discussed and has much importance in the world of radiography.  Technique plays many roles in radiography such as image quality, diagnostic q...

Last modified: 9th Jun 2020

Information technology in radiology

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Information Technology in Radiology When describing information technology in the field of radiology; it simply means “the branch of medicine that uses imaging techniques to diagnose and radio w...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Evolution of Direct Digital Radiography (DDR)

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Introduction: The evolution of radiographic technology has advantageously developed in some cases with the hopeful intentions of benefitting patients and members of staff.  Advancem...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Radiation Exposure In Intraoral Radiography Health And Social Care Essay

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Dental radiography is one of the most frequent types of radiological procedures performed. One of the projections that have been done in the dental radiography is the intraoral radiography, which mea...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Minimal Intervention Minimally Invasive Dentistry Health And Social Care Essay

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Dentistry has very much shifted from an invasive to a more conservative approach over the years. This is due to an extended understanding of the nature of the disease and its process and discovering m...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Since X Ray Was Discovered Health And Social Care Essay

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Since x-ray was discovered by Roentgen in 1895, its medical application has grown to be a fast and dynamic imaging modality. Today’s imaging department consists of an impressive array of diagnos...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Factors Affecting Contrast In An Xray Image Health Essay

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To test resolution, a line pair guage is used. To measure MTF in an x-ray system, the sine wave equivalent of a line pair gauge is used. The closest distinguishable pair of cycles determines the best ...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Use of CBCT in Orthodontics- A Review

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ABSTRACT Lateral cephalometric radiographs are most commonly used as a diagnostic tool in orthognathic surgery as well as orthodontic treatment. But the limitation of lateral cephalograms is its 2 d...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Information Standards in Health Care Information Systems

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As the Health Information Manager, the ability to understand and implement major methods of standards for ad hoc, de facto, government, and consensus, must be developed, and the ability to identify w...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Radiation Protection in Dentistry

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Radiation protection in dentistry-do we practice what we learn? Abstract. Aim: Easy availability, overuse and lack of reinforcement of the radiation hazards facts have unknowingly resulted in overloo...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020