X-ray microtomography: Nondestructive three-dimensional imaging for in vitro endodontic studies

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 510-516

  Dowker, Stephanie E P ^a,b   Davis, Graham R ^a   Elliott, James C ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH PULP;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; HUMANS; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031113105     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(97)90155-4     Document Type: Article

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