Image Resolution in the Digital Era: Notion and Clinical Implications

Rakhshan, Vahid

Image Resolution in the Digital Era: Notion and Clinical Implications

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Author

Vahid Rakhshan

Iranian Tissue Bank and Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Dept. of Dental Anatomy and Morphology, Dental Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Digital radiographs need additional metadata in order to be accurate when being converted to analog media. Resolution is a major reason of failures in proper printing or digitizing the images. This letter shortly explains the overlooked pitfalls of digital radiography and photography in dental practice, and briefly instructs the reader how to avoid or rectify common problems associated with resolution calibration of digital radiographs.