Image quality produced by different cone-beam computed tomography settings

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 317-327

  Kwong, Jeffrey C ^a   Palomo, J Martin ^b   Landers, Michael A ^b   Figueroa, Alex ^b   Hans, Mark G ^b  

^a Case Western Reserve University ^*

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CEPHALOMETRY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FILTRATION; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL; STANDARD; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

CADAVER; CEPHALOMETRY; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FILTRATION; HEAD; HUMANS; PHOTONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC MAGNIFICATION; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; SKULL;

EID: 38749120980     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2007.02.053     Document Type: Article

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