Radiation dose vs. image quality for low-dose CT protocols of the head for maxillofacial surgery and oral implant planning

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 211-216

  Loubele, Miet ^a   Jacobs, R ^b   Maes, F ^a   Schutyser, F ^a,c   Debaveye, D ^b   Bogaerts, R ^a   Coudyzer, W ^a   Vandermeulen, D ^a   van Cleynenbreugel, J ^a   Marchal, G ^a   Suetens, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF IMAGING AND PATHOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c University Hospital Gasthuisberg ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FACIAL BONE; FILTER; HEAD; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; ORAL SURGERY; PHANTOM; PITCH; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SKULL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; RADIOMETRY; SKULL; SURGERY, ORAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645235271     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci749     Document Type: Article

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