Forensic oral imaging quality of hand-held dental X-ray devices: comparison of two image receptors and two devices

Forensic Science International : Synergy
P PittayapatGuy Willems

Abstract

Recently, different portable hand-held and battery-powered dental X-ray units have become available. Especially for forensic odontological purposes, they offer diverse advantages such as for use in disaster areas and crime-scene locations as also in autopsy rooms and mortuaries. For any application, the most important feature of these hand-held devices is the delivered image quality. The aim of this study is to evaluate the radiographic image quality acquired by two portable X-ray devices in combination with two types of image receptors and to compare the findings with the image quality of a standard intra-oral X-ray device. Eleven samples consisting of eight teeth, two dry skeletal specimens and one formalin-fixed mandible part were mounted on blocks for standardised (re)positioning. Radiological images were acquired with two hand-held (AnyRay 60 kVp, 0.02-4.00 mAs and NOMAD 60 kVp, 0.023-2.277 mAs) and one wall-mounted (MinRay 60/70 kVp 0.14-22.4 mAs) X-ray device combined with two image receptor systems (VistaScan phosphor storage plate (PSP) and SIGMA M CMOS Active Pixel technology sensor). The effect of X-ray source-to-object distance (SOD) was checked at 20 cm in conjunction with object to image receptor distances (OIDs) ...Continue Reading

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