Dedicated dental volumetric and total body multislice computed tomography: A comparison of image quality and radiation dose

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6510, Issue PART 2, 2007, Pages

  Strocchi, Sabina ^a   Colli, Vittoria ^a   Novario, Raffaele ^b   Carrafiello, Gianpaolo ^b   Giorgianni, Andrea ^a   Macchi, Aldo ^b   Fugazzola, Carlo ^b   Conte, Leopoldo ^b  

^a University Hospital of Insubria   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTISTRY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO (CNR); GEOMETRIC DISTORTION; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 35148859879     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.708431     Document Type: Conference Paper

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