A comparison between computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and laser scanning for capturing 3-dimensional data from an object of standard form

International Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 405-413

  Coward, Trevor J ^a   Scott, Brendan J J ^b   Watson, Roger M ^a   Richards, Robin ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DUNDEE DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL EAR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LASER; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EAR, EXTERNAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 26444484235     PISSN: 08932174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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