Modulation transfer function evaluation of cone beam computed tomography for dental use with the oversampling method

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-32

  Watanabe, H ^a   Honda, E ^b   Kurabayashi, T ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Cone beam; Dental; Modulation transfer function

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149168393     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/27069629     Document Type: Article

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