The Consistent Image – How to Improve the Quality of Dental Radiographs: 2. The Image Receptor, Processing and Darkroom/Film Handling

From Volume 33, Issue 1, January 2006 | Pages 39-42

Authors

Fiona Carmichael

BDS, MSc, FDS RCPS, DDR RCR

Consultant Dental and Maxillofacial Radiologist, Leeds Dental Institute, Clarendon Way, Leeds LS2 9LU, UK

Articles by Fiona Carmichael

Abstract

The two papers in this series aim to discuss quality assurance as applied to dental radiography. ‘The Ionising Radiation Regulations’1-2 emphasize the need for quality assurance programmes wherever radiography is being undertaken. A written quality assurance programme is good practice. This second paper deals with the image receptor, processing and darkroom/film handling.

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