Technical aspects of dental CBCT: State of the art

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Pauwels, R ^a   Araki, K ^b   Siewerdsen, J H ^c   Thongvigitmanee, S S ^d  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cone beam computed tomography; Dentistry; Image quality; Radiation dose; Radiation physics

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICES; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGY; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

ARTIFACTS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; X-RAYS;

EID: 84919754418     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr.20140224     Document Type: Review

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