Comparison of computed tomography with conventional radiography for midfacial fractures

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 141-146

  Tanrikulu, R ^a   Erol, B ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Facial bones; Fractures; Radiography; Tomography, X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACIAL BONE; FRONTAL BONE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INJURY; MAXILLA FRACTURE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORBIT FRACTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL FRACTURE; TEMPORAL BONE; ZYGOMA ARCH FRACTURE;

FACIAL BONES; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; MAXILLARY FRACTURES; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORBITAL FRACTURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SKULL FRACTURES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ZYGOMATIC FRACTURES;

EID: 0035350753     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600593     Document Type: Article

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