Diagnostic yield of conventional and digital cephalometric images: A human cadaver study

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-105

  Gijbels, F ^a   Serhal, C B ^a   Willems, G ^a   Bosmans, H ^b   Sanderink, G ^c   Persoons, M ^a   Jacobs, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cephalometry; Dental; Digital radiography; Radiation dosage; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

CEPHALOMETRY; HUMANS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL;

EID: 0035287932     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600585     Document Type: Article

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