Can mandibular depiction be improved by changing the thickness of double-oblique computed tomography images?

Implant Dentistry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 271-277

  Naitoh, Munetaka ^a   Katsumata, Akitoshi ^b   Hiraiwa, Yuichiro ^a   Aimiya, Hidetoshi ^a   Ohsaki, Chiaki ^a   Ariji, Eiichiro ^a  

^a AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dental implant; Image processing; Mandibular canal

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; EDENTULOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAW; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALVEOLAR PROCESS; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 58149186113     PISSN: 10566163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ID.0b013e318182d7a4     Document Type: Article

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