Publication news: Accurate and easy dental panoramic dose measurement with the QUART dido2000K
03/2013 QUART announces the publication of an article on their dido2000K diagnostic dosemeter for dental panoramic application: S A Mitchell and C J Martin, Comparison of ionisation chamber and semiconductor detector devices for measurement of the dose–width product for panoramic dental units, J. Radiol. Prot. 33 321 (2013).
The article is available for download at: http://iopscience.iop.org/0952-4746/33/2/321
The most striking results were the proven accuracy, ease of use and uncomplicated positioning in the fanned beam of dental panoramic equipment. The meter featuring solid-state detector technology was assessed as a valid alternative to an ion chamber for Dose-Width Product (DWP) measurement at dental OPGs.