Diagnostic accuracy of conventional and digital radiography

The present study was carried out to study the feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of colour coded digital radio-graphs in terms of presence and size of lesion and to compare the diagnostic accuracy of colour coded digital images with direct digital images and conventional radio-graphs for periapical lesions. Digital Radiography is advantageous over conventional radiography as it eliminates darkrooms and processors, greatly decreases the time between exposure and interpretation of image. These factors make digital radiography preferable as compared to conventional, but Conventional Radiography outperformed digital radiography for diagnosing smaller periapical lesions.

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El Dr. Abhishek Ranjan Pati, lector del Departamento de Medicina Oral y Radiología del Instituto de Ciencias Odontológicas de la Universidad Siksha 'o' Anusandhan, se graduó en la Universidad Bharath de Chennai y se licenció en la Universidad Rajiv Gandhi de Ciencias de la Salud de Bangalore. Tiene 5 años de experiencia docente y 21 publicaciones en revistas indexadas.