A pragmatic approach to determine the optimal kVp in cone beam CT: Balancing contrast-to-noise ratio and radiation dose

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Pauwels, R ^a   Silkosessak, O ^a   Jacobs, R ^b   Bogaerts, R ^c   Bosmans, H ^b   Panmekiate, S ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF IMAGING AND PATHOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cone beam computed tomography; Image contrast; Optimization; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; POLITEF; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYETHYLENE;

AIR; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE CONTRAST; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY;

CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE CONTRAST; OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DOSE;

AIR; ALGORITHMS; ALUMINUM; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAYS;

EID: 84903642850     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr.20140059     Document Type: Article

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