British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 8 , Pages 639-644 , December 2008

Geometric accuracy of digital volume tomography and conventional computed tomography

  • G. Eggers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany. Tel.: +49 6221 56 7332; fax: +49 6221 56 33933.
    • ,
  • J. Klein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • T. Welzel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radio-Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • J. Mühling

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

,Accepted 31 March 2008.

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PII: S0266-4356(08)00116-2

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2008.03.019

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 8 , Pages 639-644 , December 2008

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