Large scan field, high spatial resolution flat-panel detector based volumetric CT of the whole human skull base and for maxillofacial imaging

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 317-327

  Bartling, Soenke Heinrich ^a   Majdani, O ^a   Gupta, R ^b   Rodt, T ^a   Dullin, C ^c   Fitzgerald, P F ^d   Becker, H ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Flat panel detector; Maxillofacial; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAXILLARY SINUS; SKULL BASE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; CADAVER; EAR, INNER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACIAL BONES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MAXILLARY NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SKULL BASE; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOOTH;

EID: 34548508702     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/19164138     Document Type: Article

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