Table 2.
Measurements of doses received by the critical organs in CMOS system (DIGORA® Toto, Soredex®, Tuusula, Finland) (in mGy)
| |
Tongue |
Thyroid gland |
Right parotid gland |
Left parotid gland |
Right crystalline lens |
Left crystalline lens |
Right maxillary sinus |
Left maxillary sinus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital intraoral system | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD |
| CMOS (mGy) | 1.69 ± 0.53a | 2.80 ± 0.80a | 1.67 ± 0.52a | 1.61 ± 0.49a | 1.67 ± 0.51a | 1.61 ± 0.51a | 1.20 ± 0.32a | 1.30 ± 0.38a |
| CMOS + lead foil (mGy) | 0.74 ± 0.19b | 1.82 ± 0.63b | 0.42 ± 0.15b | 0.35 ± 0.13b | 0.38 ± 0.14b | 0.37 ± 0.14b | 0.72 ± 0.18b | 0.75 ± 0.20b |
CMOS, solid sensor; SD, standard deviation
Different letters within the same column represent statistically significant differences p < 0.05.