Effect of voxel size on the accuracy of 3D reconstructions with cone beam CT

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 649-655

  Maret, D ^a,b   Telmon, N ^a,c   Peters, O A ^d   Lepage, B ^b   Treil, J ^a   Inglese J M ^e   Peyre, A ^b   Kahn, J L ^f   Sixou, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^e CARESTREAM HEALTH INC   (United States)

^f Institut d'Anatomie Normale de Strasbourg   (France)

Author keywords

Cone beam computed tomography; Three dimensional imaging; X ray microtomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870944398     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/81804525     Document Type: Review

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