Low-dose dental computed tomography: Significant dose reduction without loss of image quality

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 847-853

  Rustemeyer, P ^a   Sireubuhr U ^b   Suttmoeller, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alderson Rando Phantom; Dental CT; Dose reduction; Radiation protection

Indexed keywords

BONE; DENTAL PROSTHESES; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

ALDERSON-RANDO-PHANTOM; DENTAL CT; DIGITAL VOLUME TOMOGRAPHY (DVT); DOSE REDUCTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 13944281399     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850410001402     Document Type: Article

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