Today is all about image density and how different settings on the x ray unit as well as the subject being imaged will effect this. The four topics I will be covering are: milliampere (mA), kilovoltage peak (kVp), exposure time, and subject thickness. I have covered some of these topics […]
Today I’m onto image sharpness. There are three different characteristics we will be looking at; target size, film composition and patient movement. Target size The target size is just that, the target size in an x ray unit. This is fixed by the manufacturer and cannot be changed by the […]
I gave a lecture recently for the dental hygiene students reviewing for their dental hygiene written boards (NBDHE) and it gave me some ideas for topic posts. So for the next 4 posts I will be talking about x rays, image magnification, image distortion, PID length, etc. The students told […]
