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Image layer characteristics of the PC 1000 (mark II)

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The objective of this study was to investigate empirically the image layer characteristics of the PC 1000 Mark II. Radiographs were taken of a lead resolution grid positioned at 1 mm increments along angular intervals of the projected x-ray beam. The receptor was T-Mat G film combined with Lanex Regular Screens. The path of the effective rotation center was determined using a film positioned horizontally at right angles to the slit beam. The vertical magnification factor, horizontal magnification and Distortion Index, corrected for the position of the tomographic layer, were calculated using a reference object placed at various resolution limits of the image layer. The beam projection angle was compared to the average dental arch shape and proximal contact angle.

The maximum resolution observed at the central plane of the image layer was 4 lp · mm−1. The image layer width at the 1.5 lp · mm−1 resolution contour varied from 12 mm anteriorly to 41 mm posteriorly. The vertical magnification factor within the image layer showed a linear increase along the beam path from 1.21 to 1.36. The horizontal magnification varied from 1.07 to 1.71, and the Distortion Index from 0.85 to 1.15. The beam projection angulations to the average arch shape ranged from 90° anteriorly to 115° in the premolar segments and 105° in the molar regions.

The empirically derived image layer of the PC 1000 Mark II conforms to the shape of the average dental arch and that found using MTF analysis. The spatial resolution attained using a standard receptor is within the acceptable range.

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  1. Division of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Louisville, School of Dentistry, 40292, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

    Francisco E. Eraso D.D.S., M.S., William C. Scarfe B.D.S., M.S., Yoshihiko Hayakawa Ph.D. & Allan G. Farman Ph.D. (odont), D.Sc. (odont)

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Eraso, F.E., Scarfe, W.C., Hayakawa, Y. et al. Image layer characteristics of the PC 1000 (mark II). Oral Radiol. 13, 11–21 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02489639

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