Evaluation of surface and volume rendering in 3D-CT of facial fractures

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 227-231

  Rodt, Thomas ^a   Bartling, S O ^a   Zajaczek, J E ^a   Vafa, M A ^a   Kapapa, T ^a   Majdani, O ^a   Krauss, J K ^a   Zumkeller, M ^a   Matthies, H ^a   Becker, H ^a   Kaminsky, J ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bones, CT; Computed tomography (CT), three dimensional; Facial fractures; Images, processing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE FRACTURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MAXILLARY FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL BONE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; ZYGOMATIC FRACTURES;

EID: 33746061700     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/22989395     Document Type: Article

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