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The introduction of portable hand-held X-ray devices opened a new chapter in dental radiology. The strict border between the controlled and supervised areas ceases to exist. The aim of this paper is to measure the dose rate around a portable dental X-ray device, as well as to provide spatial distribution of the ambient dose equivalent of scattered radiation. Results also include measurements of X-ray tube voltage, incidence air kerma, exposure time, half-value layer and total filtration according to the international standard IEC 61223-3-2:2015 Evaluation and routine testing in medical imaging departments for the quality control of dental X-ray devices. Measured values of incidence air kerma indicate the values of the patient doses which are much lower than existing national diagnostic reference values.
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Praskalo, J.Ž., Petrović, B.V., Beganović, A. (2020). Portable X-Ray Devices: Loosing Border Between Controlled and Supervised Areas. In: Badnjevic, A., Škrbić, R., Gurbeta Pokvić, L. (eds) CMBEBIH 2019. CMBEBIH 2019. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 73. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17971-7_24
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