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, W E R Berkhout Department of Oral Radiology , Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Amsterdam, Netherlands Correspondence to: Dr Erwin Berkhout. E-mail: e.berkhout@acta.nl Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic A Suomalainen Department of Radiology , HUS Medical Imaging Center, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic D Brüllmann Department of Oral Surgery , University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic R Jacobs Oral Imaging Center , OMFS-IMPATH Research Group, Department of Imaging and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic K Horner Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic H C Stamatakis Department of Orthodontics , University Medical Center of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic
Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Volume 44, Issue 6, 1 July 2015, 20140343, https://doi.org/10.1259/dmfr.20140343
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26 March 2015
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Received:
06 October 2014
Revision received:
22 February 2015
Accepted:
23 February 2015
Published:
26 March 2015
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W E R Berkhout, A Suomalainen, D Brüllmann, R Jacobs, K Horner, H C Stamatakis, Justification and good practice in using handheld portable dental X-ray equipment: a position paper prepared by the European Academy of DentoMaxilloFacial Radiology (EADMFR), Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Volume 44, Issue 6, 1 July 2015, 20140343, https://doi.org/10.1259/dmfr.20140343
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Abstract
Handheld portable X-ray devices are increasingly used for intraoral radiography. This development introduces new challenges to staff and patient safety, for which new or revised risk assessments must be made and acted upon prior to use. Major issues might be: difficulties in using rectangular collimation with beam aiming devices, more complex matching of exposure settings to the X-ray receptor used (e.g. longer exposure times), movements owing to the units' weight, protection of the operator and third persons, and the use in uncontrolled environments. These problems may result in violation of the “as low as reasonably achievable’’, that is, ALARA principle by an increase in (re)exposures compared with the other available intraoral X-ray devices. Hence, the use of handheld portable X-ray devices should be considered only after careful and documented evaluation (which might be performed based on medical physics support), when there is evidence that handheld operation has benefits over traditional modalities and when no new risks to the operators and/or third parties are caused. It is expected that the use of handheld portable X-ray devices will be very exceptional, and for justified situations only. Special attention should be drawn to beam-aiming devices, rectangular collimation, the section of the X-ray receptor, focus–skin distance, and backscatter shielding, and that the unit delivers reproducible dose over the full set of environmental conditions (e.g. battery status and temperature).
dental, X-ray, handheld, portable
British Institute of Radiology
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