title: [Cone beam computed tomography and its clinical applications].
abstract: The rapid progress in imaging techniques has led to the introduction of new methods in many sections of radiology. While cone beam computed tomography is a fairly recent newcomer, it is a widely applied, precise three-dimensional method for imaging hard tissue structures especially in dental radiology. In addition to the precise imaging of hard tissue structures, its benefits include a smaller irradiation exposure than in conventional computed tomography, as well as lower price and, as a rule, smaller size of the equipment. With a different equipment design the method is also applicable to the imaging of soft tissues.
authors.affiliation: HUS-Kuvantaminen.
authors.forename: Anni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suomalainen
authors.forename: Seppo K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Koskinen
mesh_terms: D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D011861:Radiography, Dental