Comparative evaluation of cone-beam CT equipment with micro-CT in the visualization of root canal system

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-52

  Szabo, Bence Tamas ^a   Pataky, Levente ^a   Mikusi, Regina ^a   Fejerdy, Pal ^a   Dobo Nagy, Csaba ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; Micro CT; Root canal morphology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; MACACA FASCICULARIS; METHODOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOLAR TOOTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODONTOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH PULP; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; FEMALE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODONTOMETRY; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84860434785     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4415/Ann_12_01_08     Document Type: Article

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