What Does Tele Roentgenography Mean?

: an X-ray photograph taken at a distance of usually six feet with resultant practical parallelism of the rays and production of shadows of natural size.

What is tele roentgenography?

Teleroentgenogram (TRG) is an X-ray examination necessary for orthdontological therapy planning. TRG image is made by means of long-distance radiography thus producing not distorted object (skull) due to parallel direction of X-rays due to the increased distance between the object and the X-ray tube head.

What is Autotomography?

[aw″to-to-mog´rah-fe] a method of tomography involving movement of the patient instead of the x-ray tube.

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

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