TOPIC : CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

🌟 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER

🔹History: CBCT was first developed and described for use in angiography. In 1998, Mozzo et al. reported the first CBCT unit developed specifically for dental and maxillofacial use.

🔹Principle Of CBCT: CBCT is based on fixed X-ray source detector with a rotating gantry. A divergent pyramidal or cone-shaped source of ionizing radiation is directed through the middle of the ROI onto an area X-ray detector on the opposite side.

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