In order to systematically improve a diag nostic system it is desirable to meaningfully specify the objectives. In dental radiogra-phy it is practically impossible to obtain absolute agreement as to what these objectives are or should be. At least two, however, are obvious and have essential limits which provide a sound basis for discussion. They are respectively: 1) The reduction of hazards associated with the use of ionizing radiation, and 2) the improvement of diagnostic accuracy.

Date Published: 1 May 1974
PDF: 6 pages
Proc. SPIE 0056, Medical X-Ray Photo-Optical Systems Evaluation, (1 May 1974); doi: 10.1117/12.954289

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 0056:
Medical X-Ray Photo-Optical Systems Evaluation
David J. Goodenough; Robert F. Wagner; Kenneth E. Weaver, Editor(s)