1Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore
2Professor & Head, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore
3Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore
4Reader, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore
5Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore
*Corresponding Author Email: drpavant@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 18 January, 2019.
Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) is now widely available to dentists for examining hard tissues in the dental and maxillofacial regions. CBCT gives a three-dimensional view of anatomy and pathology. It uses a cone shaped source of ionizing radiation and a two-dimensional area detector fixed on a rotating gantry to acquire multiple sequential projection images in one complete scan around the area of interest. It is important, as an users to understand the basic concepts of this imaging modality. This review covers the basics of dental CBCT imaging including the hardware used, image acquisition, image reconstruction and image visualization.
CBCT, Gantry, Flat panel detectors, FDK algorithm, Multiplanar reformatting
