Deriving Hounsfield units using grey levels in cone beam computed tomography

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 323-335

  Mah, P ^a   Reeves, T E ^a,b   McDavid, W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone beam computed tomography; Grey levels; Hounsfield units

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL MODELS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 77956204072     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/19603304     Document Type: Article

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