Evaluation of mental foramina in adult living crania with MDCT

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-356

  Haktanır, Alpay ^c   Ilgaz, Kadir ^a   Turhan Haktanır, Nurten ^b  

^a Oltu State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Imaging; Mental foramen; Multi detector computed tomography; Multiplanar reconstruction; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALVEOLAR RIDGE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; EDENTULOUSNESS; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; VOLUMETRY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954703389     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-009-0572-1     Document Type: Article

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