Contrast-to-noise ratio with different large volumes in a cone-beam computerized tomography machine: An in vitro study

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 658-665

  Bechara, Boulos ^a   McMahan, C Alex ^a   Moore, William S ^a   Noujeim, Marcel ^a   Geha, Hassem ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MAXILLA; RADIOGRAPHY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

HUMANS; MAXILLA; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84867659384     PISSN: 22124403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2012.08.436     Document Type: Article

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