Hand-held three-dimensional dental X-ray system: Technical description and preliminary results

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 240-248

  Webber, R L ^a   Webber, S E ^a   Moore, J ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital radiography, dental; Three dimensional imaging; Tomography, X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; LASER; PHANTOM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGY;

DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASERS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036651386     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600697     Document Type: Article

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