A comparison between computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and laser scanning for capturing 3-dimensional data from a natural ear to aid rehabilitation

International Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 92-100

  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

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CALIBRATION; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EXTERNAL EAR; FACE ASYMMETRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CALIBRATION; CEPHALOMETRY; EAR, EXTERNAL; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 32644433769     PISSN: 08932174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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