Fig 1.
Main components of the experimental micro-CT prototype.
Fig 2.
Geometry of the micro-CT system.
The diagram shows the design used in the experiments. (SOD, source–object distance; ODD, object–detector distance; SDD, source–detector distance).
Fig 3.
(a) Third molar used in this experiment; (b) reconstruction images from (top) the Skyscan 2211 and (bottom) the self-assembled micro-CT; (c) 3D surface model established from (top) the Skyscan 2211 and (bottom) the self-assembled micro-CT; and (d) translucent model established from (top) the Skyscan 2211 and (bottom) the self-assembled micro-CT.
Fig 4.
Quantitative analysis of the three buccal-lingual reconstructed images of the third molar captured with (left) the Skyscan 2211 and (right) the self-assembled micro-CT system. SNR, signal-to-noise ratio.