Microanatomy of the infraorbital canal and its connecting canals in the maxilla using 3-D reconstruction of microcomputed tomographic images

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1184-1187

  Song, Wu Chul ^a   Kim, Jeong Nam ^a   Yoo, Ja Young ^a   Lee, Ju Young ^a   Won, Sung Yoon ^b   Hu, Kyung Seok ^b   Kim, Hee Jin ^b   Koh, Ki Seok ^a  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Dentistry   (South Korea)

Author keywords

anterior superior alveolar nerve; Infraorbital canal; maxilla; microcomputed tomography; three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MAXILLA; MAXILLARY NERVE; METHODOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ORBIT; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION;

CADAVER; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAXILLA; MAXILLARY NERVE; ORBIT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84864550561     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3182587a4f     Document Type: Article

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