Internal or in-scan validation: A method to assess CBCT and MSCT gray scales using a human cadaver

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 768-779

  Bujtár, Péter ^a,g   Simonovics, János ^b   Zombori, Gergely ^c   Fejer, Zsolt ^d   Szucs, Attila ^d   Bojtos, Attila ^b   Batista, Wilson Otto ^e   Váradi, Károly ^b   Sándor, George K B ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e Science and Technology of Bahia   (Brazil)

^f TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^g SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MANDIBLE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY;

BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; CALIBRATION; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84901261659     PISSN: 22124403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2014.02.012     Document Type: Article

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