Measurement of mandibular growth using cone-beam computed tomography: a miniature pig model study.

The purpose of this study was to measure the long-term growth of the mandible in miniature pigs using 3D Cone-Beam Computerized Tomography (CBCT). The mandibles of the pigs were scanned monthly over 12 months using CBCT and the 3D mandibular models were reconstructed from the data. Seventeen anatomi...

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Main Authors: Hsien-Shu Lin, Yunn-Jy Chen, Jia-Da Li, Tung-Wu Lu, Hau-Hung Chang, Chih-Chung Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24801528/?tool=EBI