Dependency of dose response of five charge-coupled device-based digital intra-oral radiographic systems on tube voltage.

Abstract

To compare the dependency of dose response of five CCD-based digital intra-oral radiographic systems on tube voltage. Characteristic curves for Sens-A-Ray (old and new generations; Regam Medical Systems, Sundsvall, Sweden), Computed Dental Radiography (Schick Technologies, Long Island City, NY, USA), CompuRay (Yoshida, Tokyo, Japan), and VIXA (Dentsply/Gendex, Des Plaines, IL, USA) were generated between 60 and 90 kVp at intervals of 10 kVp and corrected by subtraction of dark current. Their sensitivities were compared. The sensitivity of the old generation Sens-A-Ray decreased with increase in tube voltage whereas in the other systems it increased. In the newer systems using a rare earth intensifying screen as a scintillator, the sensitivity increases with increase in tube voltage, thus reducing the radiation dose to the patient.