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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2012.6.1.039

Feasibility study of insertable miniature x-ray source for dental imaging  

Cho, Sung-Ho (Radiation Oncology Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital)
Kim, So-Yeong (Radiation Oncology Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital)
An, So-Hyun (Radiation Oncology Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital)
Lim, Soo-Mee (Radiation Oncology Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital)
Lee, Re-Na (Radiation Oncology Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.6, no.1, 2012 , pp. 39-45 More about this Journal
Abstract
Conventional periphery radiography system has a various problem such as patient dose and the pain of X-ray examination. In this paper, to solve these problems, we suggested insertional miniature x-ray system and we verified the feasibility of this system. First, we performed the Geant4 x-ray simulation to design x-ray collimator and filter to use miniature x-ray tube and we decided optimized thickness of filter and collimator. Also, we measured x-ray spectrum using CdTe detector and PX4 module to verify simulation results. Also, we acquired teeth image of fabricated phantom using conventional dental x-ray and prosed miniature x-ray system. As a results, our system has good image quality as compared to those of conventional systems. Our evaluation of the proposed system indicates that it can be potentially very useful for dental imaging.
Keywords
Dental Imaging; miniature x-ray tube; insertable; filter; collimator;
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