Implementation of a generalized TACT® algorithm for arbitrary source-object distances

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 249-256

  Linnenbrügger, Nick I ^a,b,c   Webber, R L ^a   Lehmann, T M ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Image processing, computer assisted; Radiography, dental, digital; Tomography, X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MANDIBLE; SENSOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MANDIBLE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHIC MAGNIFICATION; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; SOFTWARE; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036652625     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600703     Document Type: Article

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