title: Basic principles of cone beam computed tomography.
abstract: At the end of the millennium, cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) heralded a new dental technology for the next century. Owing to the dramatic and positive impact of CBCT on implant dentistry and orthognathic/orthodontic patient care, additional applications for this technology soon evolved. New software programs were developed to improve the applicability of, and access to, CBCT for dental patients. Improved, rapid, and cost-effective computer technology, combined with the ability of software engineers to develop multiple dental imaging applications for CBCT with broad diagnostic capability, have played a large part in the rapid incorporation of CBCT technology into dentistry.
authors.affiliation: Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, 11092 Anderson Street, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA. Electronic address: kabramovitch@llu.edu.
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abramovitch
authors.affiliation: Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, 11092 Anderson Street, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
authors.forename: Dwight D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Rice
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D012984:Software; D013674:Technology, Dental; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
keywords: Beam-hardening artifacts; Cone beam computed tomography; DICOM viewer software; Flat-panel silicon detector