Comparison of the reliability of craniofacial anatomic landmarks based on cephalometric radiographs and three-dimensional CT scans

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-116

  Kragskov, Jens ^a   Bosch, Carles ^b   Gyldensted, Carsten ^a   Sindet Pedersen, Steen ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

3 D CT; frontal cephalometry; lateral cephalometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SKULL IRRADIATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEPHALOMETRY; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FACIAL BONES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; METALS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030972483     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(1997)034<0111:COTROC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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