Three-Dimensional Cephalometry Using Helical Computer Tomography: Measurement Error Caused by Head Inclination

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 513-520

  Togashi, Kumiko ^a   Kitaura, Hideki ^a   Yonetsu, Koichi ^a   Yoshida, Noriaki ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Head position; Helical CT; Three dimensional cephalometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CEPHALOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CEPHALOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; POSTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 0036986596     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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