Study of the scan uniformity from an i-CAT cone beam computed tomography dental imaging system

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 365-374

  Bryant, J A ^a,b   Drage, N A ^a   Richmond, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cone beam computed tomography; Dental; Imaging techniques; Radiographic phantoms

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; IMAGING SYSTEM; NOISE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 54849437519     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/13227258     Document Type: Article

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