Dental age estimation through volume matching of teeth imaged by cone-beam CT

Forensic Science International

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Yang, Fan ^a,b   Jacobs, Reinhilde ^a   Willems, Guy ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF IMAGING AND PATHOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Cone beam CT; Forensic odontology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; IMAGING; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; JAPAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TOOTH PULP;

EID: 33645960436     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.02.031     Document Type: Article

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