Image quality vs radiation dose of four cone beam computed tomography scanners

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 309-318

  Loubele, M ^a   Jacobs, R ^a,f   Maes, F ^a   Denis, K ^b   White, S ^c   Coudyzer, W ^d   Lambrichts, I ^e   Van Steenberghe, D ^a   Suetens, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Xios Hogeschool   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f Centrum voor Orale Beeldvorming   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cone beam computed tomography; Image quality; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

AIR; ARTICLE; BONE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; IMAGE QUALITY; MANDIBLE; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; SKULL;

ALUMINUM; BONE DENSITY; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MANDIBLE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 52649106470     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/16770531     Document Type: Article

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