Archive for July, 2011
Radiography – Extra-oral Phosphor Plates
Extra-oral radiographs involve the image receptor being placed outside of the patients’ mouth; they are used to capture images of large areas but are less detailed than intra-oral radiographs. The image receptors required for this type of x-ray are large; …
Radiography – Intra-oral Phosphor Plates
Intra-oral radiographs are taken with the image receptor placed inside a patient’s mouth; due to this these image receptors must be reasonably small. Intra-oral phosphor plates are available
Radiography – Image Receptors – Phosphor Plates
Phosphor plates are a re-useable type of digital radiographic film. Phosphor plates are unlike digital solid state sensors in that they are not directly linked to a computer,
Radiography – Extra-oral Solid State Sensors
Extra-oral solid state sensors are used outside of the patients’ mouth and take much larger but less detailed images than intra-oral radiographs. Because the images
















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